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Turfan
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Turfan eller Turpan (forenklet kinesisk: 吐鲁番; tradisjonell kinesisk: 吐魯番; pinyin: Tǔlǔfān; uigurisk: تۇرپان; uigur-latin: Turpan) er et prefektur i Xinjiang i Folkerepublikken Kina. Turfan har et areal på 69 324 km² og ca. 570 000 innbyggere (2004).
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