Keriya | |
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  Keriya Location in Xinjiang | |
| Coordinates: 36°51′N 81°40′E / 36.850°N 81.667°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture | Hotan |
| County | Yutian/Keriya |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 30,179 |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Major ethnic groups | Uyghur, Han Chinese[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 839000 |
| Area code | 0903 |
| Local languages | Uyghur, Mandarin Chinese |
| Keriya Town | |||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 木尕拉鎮 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 木尕拉镇 | ||||||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur | كېرىيە | ||||||||||
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Keriya Town or Mugala Town is a town in Yutian (Keriya) County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, China, on the old Southern Silk Road. As the commercial and administrative centre of Keriya County, it is about 166 km east of Hotan, 80 km east of Qira, and 120 km west of Niya. Yutian County has a population of about 160,000.
- ^ 于田县历史沿革 [Yutian County Historical Development] (in Simplified Chinese). XZQH.org. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
2000年第五次人口普查，于田县常住总人口212061人，其中：木尕拉镇37252人、{...}2010年第六次人口普查，于田县常住总人口249899人，其中：木尕拉镇30179人，
- ^ 1997年于田县行政区划 [1997 Keriya County Administrative Divisions]. XZQH.org. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
木尕拉镇 县政府驻地。面积56平方千米，人口2万，有维吾尔、汉等民族。其中维吾尔族占87％；汉族占13％。315国道从境内穿过，
- ^ 和田市概况. Hotan Government Statistics. June 17, 2013. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014.