Taklamakan Desert
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"Taklamakan" redirects here. For the novelette by Bruce Sterling, see Taklamakan (short story).
The Taklamakan Desert (/ˌtæk.lə.məˈkæn/; Chinese: 塔克拉玛干沙漠; pinyin: Tǎkèlāmǎgān Shāmò, Xiao'erjing: تَاكْلامَاقًا شَاموْ, Dungan: Такәламаган Шамә; Uyghur: تەكلىماكان قۇملۇقى, Täklimakan Qumluqi; also spelled Teklimakan) is a desert in Southwestern Xinjiang in Northwest China. Located inside the Tarim Basin in Southern Xinjiang, it is bounded by the Kunlun Mountains to the south, the Pamir Mountains to the west, the Tian Shan range to the north, and the Gobi Desert to the east.
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Area | 337,000 km2 (130,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||
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Country | China | ||||||||||||||||
State/Province | Xinjiang | ||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38.9°N 82.2°E / 38.9; 82.2 | ||||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 塔克拉瑪干沙漠 | ||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 塔克拉玛干沙漠 | ||||||||||||||||
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Dungan | Такәламаган Шамә | ||||||||||||||||
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Uyghur | تەكلىماكان قۇملۇقى | ||||||||||||||||
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