CIIC:Today's featured article/June 17, 2010
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Hotan, also known as Hetian (Chinese:和田) located in the southwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in Northwest China, once known as the State of Yutian, is an important stop on the Silk Road. It is dominated by a dry continental desert climate; hot in summer and not too cold in winter; great temperature disparity between day and night with little rainfall and a high evaporation rate. (More...)
