和田地区位于新疆维吾尔自治区最南端。南枕昆仑山和喀喇昆仑山,北部深入塔克拉玛干大沙漠腹地。总面积24.78万平方公里,其中绿洲仅占3.7%,且被沙漠和戈壁分割成大小不等的300多块绿洲。全地区有维吾尔、汉、回、塔吉克、柯尔克孜等22个民族成份。和田是古代丝绸之路南道之重镇,是古代世界四大文明交流的枢纽。自公元前1世纪前后佛教传入 Hotan region is located in the southernmost tip of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The south pillow Kunlun Mountains and Karakorum Mountains, north deep Taklamakan Desert Hinterland. The total area of ​​247,800 square kilometers, of which only 3.7% of the oasis, and was divided into desert and desert Gobi into different sizes of more than 300 oases. The region has Uygur, Han, Hui, Tajikistan, Kyrgyz and other 22 ethnic components. Hotan is the ancient Silk Road south of the town, is the ancient world four major civilizations exchange hub. Buddhism was introduced around the 1st century BC