Luopu

alternative Lo-p'u · alternative Lohpu

1. Synonym of Lop: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.

   An outbreak of viral hepatitis occurred in Duolu Township, Luopu County, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, between August 1986 and May 1987.

   1988 March 22 [1987 December], Wang Mingyi, “Investigation of Outbreak of Epidemic Non-A, Non-B Heaptitis in Duolu Township, Luopu County, Xinjiang Autonomous Region”, in Science & Technology, China, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →OCLC, page 25, column 1

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   Rawak Temple Ruins, located in the Taklamakan Desert in northwest Luopu County in Hotan, was once a representative Buddhist temple in the Khotan Kingdom.

   2011 November 4, “Rawak Temple Ruins for Buddhist history”, in Beijing Today, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 20

   A starkly different reality emerges in Luopu, also known as Lop County, where interviews with current and former residents, and analysis of public documents revealed new details about the government’s continuing campaign in one of the worst-affected areas of Xinjiang.

   2019, Lily Kuo, “‘If you enter a camp, you never come out’: inside China’s war on Islam”, in Taipei Times

   Synonyms: Lop