Shawan, Xinjiang

Shawan
沙湾市 (Chinese)
ساۋەن شەھىرى (Uyghur)
ساۋان قالاسى (Kazakh)
Savan
Location of Shawan County (red) within Tacheng Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Shawan
Location of the seat in Xinjiang
Shawan
Shawan (Xinjiang)
Shawan
Shawan (China)
Coordinates: 44°21′N 85°37′E / 44.350°N 85.617°E / 44.350; 85.617
CountryChina
Autonomous regionXinjiang
PrefectureTacheng
Municipal seatSadawkhuza (Sandaohezi)
Area
  Total
12,458.16 km2 (4,810.12 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
301,046
  Density24/km2 (63/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.xjswx.gov.cn
Shawan, Xinjiang
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese沙湾市
Traditional Chinese沙灣市
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShāwān Shì
Uyghur name
Uyghurساۋەن شەھىرى
Transcriptions
Latin YëziqiSawen shehiri
Yengi YeziⱪSavən xəⱨiri
Siril YëziqiСавән шәһири
Kazakh name
Kazakhساۋان قالاسى
Сауан қаласы
Sauan qalasy

Shawan, also transliterated from Chinese to Uyghur as Savan, is a county-level city situated in the north of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under the administration of the Tacheng Prefecture. It has an area of 12,468 km2 (4,814 sq mi) with a population of 200,000.