Turpan

Also known as Turfan, Turpan City, Turfan City, Tulufan, Tourfan, Tourpan, Tulufanshi, T'u-lu-fan-shih

Turpan () or Turfan () is a prefecture-level city located in the east of the autonomous region of Xinjiang, China. It has an area of and a population of 693,988 (2020). The historical center of the prefectural area has shifted a number of times, from Yar-Khoto (Jiaohe, to the west of modern Turpan) to Qocho (Gaochang, to the southeast of Turpan) and to Turpan itself.

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Turpan is a prefecture-level city in eastern Xinjiang, China, with a population of nearly 694,000 people. It matters historically because the region was once home to several important ancient settlement centers, including Jiaohe and Gaochang, before the administrative focus shifted to Turpan itself.

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Settlement.name: Turpan
Settlement.other_name: Turfan
Settlement.settlement_type: Prefecture-level city
Settlement.image_skyline: Turpan-jiaohe-ruinas-d16.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Jiaohe Ruins
Settlement.image_map: China Xinjiang Turpan.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Turpan (red) in Xinjiang (orange)
Settlement.pushpin_map: China Xinjiang#China
Settlement.pushpin_relief: Y
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of the city center in Xinjiang
Settlement.coor_pinpoint: Turpan municipal government
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: China
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Xinjiang
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County-level divisions
Settlement.subdivision_name2: 3
Settlement.seat_type: Prefecture seat

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Wikidata facts

Official name: تۇرپان شەھىرى
Population: 693988
Area: 69759.31
Elevation: 30
Official website: www.tlf.gov.cn
Image: 2015-09-16-175501 - Turpan - Blick von Petroleum-Hotel aus.jpg
Dialing code: 995
Licence plate code: 新K

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Commons category: Turpan
Commons gallery: 吐鲁番 - تۇرپان
postal code: 838000

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Names{{anchor|Etymology|Toponomy|Geonyms}}
History
Gaochang Kingdom
Tang conquest
Uyghur rule
Idikut kingdom
Turfan expeditions
Turfan fragments
Conversion to Islam
15th and 16th centuries
18th and 19th centuries
20th and 21st centuries
Geography
Subdivisions
Climate
Demographics
Language
Assimilation
Economy
Transport
Attractions
Notable persons
See also
References
Further reading
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==Names== Historically, many settlements in the Tarim Basin, being situated between Chinese, Turkic, Mongolian, and Persian language users, have a number of cognate names. Turpan or Turfan is one such example. The original name of the city is unknown. The form Turfan, while older than Turpan, was not used until the middle of the 2nd millennium CE and its use became widespread only in the post-Mongol period.