Why visit Gujangbagh
Townapedia lists 9 museums and landmarks, 5 parks and trails, 1 place to eat, 6 places to stay and 1 attraction in and around town.
Highlights include Hotan Cultural Museum, Melikawat and Unity Plaza.
Weather in Gujangbagh
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About Gujangbagh
Hotan is a major oasis town in southwestern Xinjiang, an autonomous region in Northwestern China. The city proper of Hotan broke off from the larger Hotan County to become an administrative area in its own right in August 1984. It is the seat of Hotan Prefecture.
From the Wikipedia article Hotan (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Travel tips from other travellers: Gujangbagh on Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Things to do1
Museums and landmarks9
Parks, trails and playgrounds5
Restaurants and cafes1
History
The oasis of Hotan is strategically located at the junction of the southern (and most ancient) branch of the Silk Road joining China and the West with one of the main routes from ancient India and Tibet to Central Asia and distant China. It provided a convenient meeting place where not only goods, but technologies, philosophies, and religions were transmitted from one culture to another.
Tocharians lived in this region over 2000 years ago. Several of the Tarim mummies were found in the region. At Sampul, east of the city of Hotan, there is an extensive series of cemeteries scattered over an area about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) wide and 23 km (14 mi) long. The excavated sites range from about 300 BCE to 100 CE. The excavated graves have produced a number of fabrics of felt, wool, silk and cotton and even a fine bit of tapestry, the Sampul tapestry, showing the face of a Caucasoid man which was made of threads of 24 shades of color. The tapestry had been cut up and fashioned into trousers worn by one of the deceased. An Anthropological study of 56 individuals showed a primarily Caucasoid population. A study in 2010 showed that an Eastern Eurasian lineage common in Siberia dominates the mitochondrial DNA of the mummies from the Xiaohe Cemetery. Their Y chromosome is distributed throughout Eastern Europe, South Asia, Central Asia, and Siberia.
From the History section of Hotan on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to stay6
Gas and EV charging2
Schools, colleges and libraries28
Healthcare6
Map of Gujangbagh
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Getting there and nearby towns
Hotan Kungang Airport (HTN) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 11 km away.
- Bageqi 9 km west, about 9 min by car
- Buzhake 13 km west, about 13 min by car
- Ying'airike 16 km north, about 16 min by car
- Layka 18 km west, about 18 min by car
- Jiahanbage 22 km northwest, about 22 min by car
- Akesalayi 23 km west, about 23 min by car
- Lop 22 km east, about 22 min by car
- Ying’awati 23 km northwest, about 23 min by car
- Saybag 25 km west, about 25 min by car
- Qaraqash 25 km northwest, about 25 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Khotan-melikawat-ruinas-d05, Colegota, CC BY-SA 2.5 es
- Kurban Tulum with Mao Zedong, Hotan, China, Yoshi Canopus, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hotan Tuanjie Square Day North, Voidvector, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hotan Museum Hotan Xinjiang China 新疆 和田 和田博物馆 - panoramio, Hiroki Ogawa, CC BY 3.0
- 和田市艾提卡大巴扎, Voidvector, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 和田市艾提卡大巴扎门牌, Voidvector, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2015-09-13-102323 - Hotan Museum, Fliegender Bote, Nord Dynastie, Zossolino, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2015-09-13-102406 - Hotan Museum, Statue in Lotus, Nord Dynastie, Zossolino, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2015-09-13-102229 - Hotan Museum, Holzgeschnitzte Statue der Tang Dynastie, Zossolino, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2015-09-13-101642 - Hotan Museum, Kamel Keramik der Tang Dynastie, Zossolino, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2015-13-100642 - Hotan Museum - Jade Affe aus der Tang Dynastie, Zossolino, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2015-13-101702 - Hotan Museum - Keramik mit Kuh- und Menschenkopf, Tang Dynastie, Zossolino, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hotan Tuanjie Square Night, Voidvector, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hotan Tuanjie Square Day South, Voidvector, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Yurungkash River near Hotan, Voidvector, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Jade collecting under Yurungkash River Bridge in Hotan, Voidvector, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hotan Railway Station (Xinjiang), Prcshaw, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Platform of Hotan station, Prcshaw, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2015-09-13-092403 - Seidenfabrikation im Dorf Jiyaxiang, Zossolino, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2015-09-13-094003 - Seidenfabrikation im Dorf Jiyaxiang, Zossolino, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hotan Airport, Prcshaw, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hotan Airport arrival, Prcshaw, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hotan Airport Second floor, Prcshaw, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hotan Airport Boarding check, Prcshaw, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Crj-900 at Hotan Airport, Prcshaw, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hotan Airport Apron, Prcshaw, CC BY-SA 4.0
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