page_title: Niya County
hierarchical_section_title: Niya County
caption_attribution_description: Location of Minfeng County (pink) and Hotan Prefecture (yellow) within Xinjiang autonomous region of China Map drawn in september 2007 using various sources, mainly&#160;: Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region administrative regions GIS data: 1:1M, County level, 1990 Xinjiang Counties map from www.hua2.com
context_page_description: Niya County, also from Mandarin Chinese as Minfeng County, 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. 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 as well. The Niya ruins are located 115 km north of Niya.
context_section_description: Niya County (transliterated from the Uyghur نىيە ناھىيىسى Niyă Nahiyisi ; simplified Chinese: 尼雅县; traditional Chinese: 尼雅縣; pinyin: Níyǎ Xiàn), also from Mandarin Chinese as Minfeng County (simplified Chinese: 民丰县; traditional Chinese: 民豐縣; pinyin: Mínfēng Xiàn), 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.
caption: Minfeng County (red) in Hotan Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
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