| Piqan County پىچان ناھىيىسى 鄯善县 |
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| Country | China |
| Province | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture-level divisions | Turpan Prefecture |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Piqan County (Chinese: 鄯善县; pinyin: Shànshàn Xiàn; Uyghur: پىچان ناھىيىسى, ULY: Pichan Nahiyisi, UPNY: Piqan Nah̡iyisi?) is a county within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administrative jurisdiction of the Hami Prefecture. It contains an area of 39,548 km2. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 210,000.
On January 6, 2009, five well-preserved mummies of ethnic Han men who lived during the Qing Dynasty were excavated at a construction site near the Flaming Mountains in the county [1].
Shanshan is served by China National Highway 312 and the Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway.
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