Turpan




Turpan (simplified Chinese:吐鲁番; traditional Chinese:吐魯番; pinyin:Tǔlǔfān; Uyghur: تۇرپان, Турпан, ULY: Turpan, UYY: Turpan), also known as Turfan or Tulufan, is a prefecture-level city located in the east of Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. It has an area of 69,324 square kilometres (26,766 sq mi) and a population of 570,000 (2003).