Taklamakan
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The Taklamakan is a vast desert located in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, known as one of the world's largest and most inhospitable deserts. It has historically been significant as a barrier and crossroads along ancient trade routes connecting East and West Asia.
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Dunganese name DunganТакәламаган Шамә Uyghur name Uyghur تەكلىماكان قۇملۇقى
The Taklamakan Desert (/ˌtækləməˈkæn/ TAK-lə-mə-KAN) is a desert in northwest China. Located inside the Tarim Basin in Southern Xinjiang, it is bounded by the Kunlun Mountains to the south, the Pamir Mountains to the west, the Tian Shan range to the north, and the Gobi Desert to the east.