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Huo'er

Coordinates: 30°46′25″N 81°36′38″E / 30.7736°N 81.6105°E / 30.7736; 81.6105
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Huo'er
霍尔乡ཧོར་ཤང
Township
Hor is located in Tibet
Hor
Hor
Location of the seat in the Tibet Autonomous Region
Coordinates: 30°46′25″N 81°36′38″E / 30.7736°N 81.6105°E / 30.7736; 81.6105
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionTibet
PrefectureNgari
CountyBurang County
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
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Hor (Tibetan: ཧོར, Wylie: hor) also known as Huo'er (Chinese: 霍尔乡; pinyin: huò'ěr xiāng) is a township in Burang County, Ngari Prefecture the Tibet Autonomous Region of China; by the shore of Lake Manasarovar.[1] It was placed in the back on the main East-West highway that followed the Silk Road from Lhasa to Kashmir.

References

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  1. ^ Nick Middleton, 'Navel of the Universe', in Extremes along the Silk Road. Murray Books, 1905.