Niya County
Niya County
Minfeng | |
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Niya County (red) in Hotan Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang | |
| Coordinates: 37°04′N 82°46′E / 37.067°N 82.767°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture | Hotan |
| County seat | Niya |
| Area | |
• Total | 56,759.86 km2 (21,915.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 42,649 |
| • Density | 0.75/km2 (1.9/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Major ethnic groups | Uyghur |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 848500 |
| Website | www |
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur | نىيە ناھىيىسى | ||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 民丰县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 民豐縣 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 尼雅县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 尼雅縣 | ||||||||||
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Niya County (transliterated from the Uyghur نىيە ناھىيىسى Niyă Nahiyisi ; Chinese: 尼雅县), also from Mandarin Chinese as Minfeng County (Chinese: 民丰县), is a county within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Hotan Prefecture. It contains an area of 56,726 km2 (21,902 sq mi). According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 30,000. The county is bordered to the north by Xayar County, to the east by Qiemo/Qarqan County, to the west by Yutian / Keriya County and to the south by Ngari Prefecture in Tibet.
The county seat is in the town of Niya, which is often referred to by the county name (Minfeng) as well. The Niya ruins are located 115 km north of Niya.