Turpan
Sign in to saveTurpan () 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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- 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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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.
==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.