Dahongliutan

Dahongliutan
大红柳滩
Ta-hung-liu-t'an
Dahongliutan army service station
Dahongliutan army service station
Dahongliutan is located in Southern Xinjiang
Dahongliutan
Dahongliutan
Coordinates: 35°59′N 79°11′E / 35.98°N 79.19°E / 35.98; 79.19
CountryChina
RegionXinjiang
PrefectureHotan Prefecture
CountyHotan County
Elevation4,200 m (13,800 ft)
Time zone+8
Dahongliutan
Traditional Chinese大紅柳灘
Simplified Chinese大红柳滩
Literal meaningbig red willow beach
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDàhóngliǔtān
Wade–GilesTa⁴-hung²-liu³-tʻan¹
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese紅柳灘
Simplified Chinese红柳滩
Literal meaningred willow beach
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHóngliǔtān

Dahongliutan (Chinese: 大红柳滩) or simply Hongliutan (Chinese: 红柳滩[2]) is a village situated in Karakash river valley in the Hotan County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. It is located along the China National Highway 219,[1] and is the town just north of the disputed Aksai Chin region of China and India.

Dahongliutan lies along the China National Highway G219. Following the highway westward, the deserted town of Kangxiwar is about 50 km west and the modern town of Xaidulla is about 115 km west. Following the highway southeastward leads to Aksai Chin. The Tianshuihai army service station in Aksai Chin is about 100 km south along the highway.

  1. ^ a b Mayhew, Bradley; Kohn, Michael (2005). Lonely Planet: Tibet. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9781740595230. Retrieved 23 December 2019. Road conditions improve around 60km before you reach the depressing little town of Dahongliutan (4200m), which offers basic food and a guesthouse.
  2. ^ 泰敢当 (17 January 2019). "当兵走阿里:逝去的戎装,不变的军魂!" (in Chinese). Sohu. Retrieved 9 January 2020. 红柳滩,这里是我个人高原反应最强烈的地方[permanent dead link]