Piqan County
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Shanshan County 鄯善县 • پىچان ناھىيىسى |
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Sheds for drying grapes in the desert outside Shanshan
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 Shanshan
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| Coordinates: 42°52′N 90°10′E / 42.867°N 90.167°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture | Turpan city |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Shanshan County, formerly Piqan County (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Uyghur: پىچان ناھىيىسى, Пичан Наһийиси, ULY: Pichan Nahiyisi, UYY: Piqan Nah̡iyisi?) is a county within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administrative jurisdiction of the Turpan city. It contains an area of 39,548 km2. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 210,000.
The county seat is in Shanshan Town.
The county is named after the ancient Shanshan Kingdom, although the kingdom was actually located mostly outside of the borders of the modern county, in the Lop Nur area. The place was originally named Piqian, and the Grand coordinator and provincial governor of Xinjiang proposed the name of Shanshan when Guangxu Emperor decided to set up a county in 1902.
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