Niya Town

Niya (Uyghur: نىيە‎ Нийә; Chinese: 尼雅; pinyin: Níyǎ), is a town in Minfeng County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China.

This word's Chinese characters mean "pure" or "clean", implying a relation between the two names.

Numerous Buddhist scriptures, sculptures, mummies and other precious archeological finds have been made in the region.

[5] In the early 20th century, Aurel Stein carried out several expeditions in the area including exploration of the ancient Niya ruins.

[8] Niya is located on China National Highway 315, which is the main Ruoqiang-Hotan road along the southern edge of the Tarim Basin.

Map including Niya (labeled as MIN-FENG (NI-YA)) ( ATC , 1971)