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( city in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic Of China . Its population was given as 55,645 in 1990.
Turfan is a County-level City in Turfan Prefecture , in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic Of China .
Turfan is located about 150 km southeast of Ürümqi , Xinjiang's capital, in a mountain basin, on the northern side of the Turfan Depression .
Turfan has long been the centre of a fertile Oasis and an important trade centre. It was historically located along the Silk Road 's northern route, at which time it was adjacent to the kingdoms of Korla and Karashahr to the southwest.
Turfan is the source of numerous fragments written in the Middle Iranian languages ( Middle Persian , Parthian , Sogdian , Sakan and Bactrian) related to the Iranian Religion of Manichaeism .
According to the 2000 census, the city of Turfan had a population of 251,652 (population density 15.99 inh./km&2). The breakdown by Nationality was as follows:
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