Turpan

E132166
city depression oasis

Turpan is an oasis city and depression in China’s Xinjiang region, historically a key Silk Road hub known for its extreme heat, ancient irrigation systems, and grape cultivation.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Turfan 5
Turpan Prefecture 3
Turpan canonical 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
depression ⓘ
depression ⓘ
oasis ⓘ
capitalOf Turpan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Turpan Prefecture
climate arid ⓘ
continental desert climate ⓘ
country China ⓘ
China ⓘ
elevation below sea level in parts ⓘ
ethnicGroup Han Chinese ⓘ
Uyghurs ⓘ
historicalRegion Silk Road routes ⓘ
surface form: Silk Road
historicalRole Silk Road trading hub ⓘ
caravan stop ⓘ
irrigationSystem karez ⓘ
knownFor Flaming Mountains ⓘ
Gaochang Ruins ⓘ
surface form: Gaochang ruins

Grape Valley ⓘ
Jiaohe ruins ⓘ
Turpan Depression ⓘ
ancient Silk Road sites ⓘ
ancient irrigation systems ⓘ
extreme heat ⓘ
extreme summer temperatures ⓘ
grape cultivation ⓘ
karez irrigation system ⓘ
oasis agriculture ⓘ
vineyards ⓘ
languageSpoken Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Uyghur language ⓘ
surface form: Uyghur
locatedIn Xinjiang ⓘ
Xinjiang ⓘ
Xinjiang ⓘ
surface form: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

Northwest China ⓘ
surface form: northwestern China
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Turpan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Turpan Prefecture
locatedInGeographicFeature Turpan Depression ⓘ
lowestPointOf China ⓘ
maximumTemperatureRecord among highest in China ⓘ
partOf China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China
primaryAgriculturalProduct grapes ⓘ
melons ⓘ
raisins ⓘ
religionHistoricallyPresent Buddhism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Manichaeism ⓘ
Nestorianism ⓘ
surface form: Nestorian Christianity
timeZone China Standard Time ⓘ
transportConnection connected by highway to Urumqi ⓘ
connected by rail to Urumqi ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tarim Basin → contains → Turpan ⓘ
Albert von Le Coq → workLocation → Turpan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turfan region
Old Turkic (runiform and Uyghur-script traditions) → attestedIn → Turpan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turfan
Serindia → subject → Turpan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turfan
Turpan Depression → partOf → Turpan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turpan Prefecture
Turpan Depression → hasCity → Turpan ⓘ
Turpan Depression → hasOasis → Turpan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turpan Oasis
Turpan → capitalOf → Turpan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turpan Prefecture
Turpan → locatedInAdministrativeEntity → Turpan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turpan Prefecture
von Le Coq → placeOfActivity → Turpan ⓘ
subject surface form: Albert von Le Coq
this entity surface form: Turfan
Moghulistan → includedRegion → Turpan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turfan
Yarkand Khanate → contains → Turpan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turfan