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![Hierarchy of Niya (inhabited place)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
Niya (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 37 03 56 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.0655 decimal degrees |
Long: 082 41 22 E degrees minutes |
Long: 82.6893 decimal degrees |
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Note: City located on the southern route of the Silk Road. Ruins also named "Niya" are located 71 miles north. |
Names: |
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Niya (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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Minfeng (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Min-feng-ch’eng (C,V)
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Min-feng-hsien (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Min-feng-she-chih-chü (C,V)
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Minfeng Xian (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Ming-feng (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Nia (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Nija (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Niya Bazar (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Ni-ya-ch’eng (C,V)
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Nya (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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尼雅 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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Ния (C,V,Uyghur,U)
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نىيا (C,V,Uyghur,U)
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民丰 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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民丰县 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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Min-feng-ch'eng (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Min-feng-she-chih-chü (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Ni-ya-ch'eng (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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![Hierarchy of Asia (continent)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Niya (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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Related geographic places: |
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distinguished from .... |
Niya .......... (deserted settlement) |
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(World, Asia, China, Xinjiang) [8060339] |
located on .... |
Silk Road .......... (road) |
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(World) [7031416] |
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