Shanshan County
Shanshan County
鄯善县 • پىچان ناھىيىسى Piqan, Pichan | |
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Sheds for drying grapes in the desert outside Shanshan | |
| Coordinates: 42°52′08″N 90°12′47″E / 42.869°N 90.213°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture-level city | Turpan |
| County seat | Shanshan Town |
| Area | |
• Total | 39,550 km2 (15,270 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 242,310 |
| • Density | 6.1/km2 (16/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 鄯善县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鄯善縣 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 皮羌县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 皮羌縣 | ||||||||||
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| Uyghur | پىچان ناھىيىسى | ||||||||||
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Shanshan County (Chinese: 鄯善县) as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Piqan County (Uyghur: پىچان ناھىيىسى; Chinese: 皮羌县), is a county within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administrative jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Turpan. It contains an area of 39,548 km2 (15,270 sq mi), occupying the eastern majority of Turpan. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 210,000.
The county seat is in Shanshan Town.