Gaochang District
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Gaochang District is a district in Turpan, Xinjiang, with administrative division code 650402.

## Administrative status

Gaochang District is part of [Turpan](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/xinjiang-turpan.html) (prefecture-level city)[^mca2023].

## Basic facts

- Administrative division code: 650402[^mca2023]
- Area: 13,650.55 km²[^wikidata]
- Population: 317,443 (2020)[^wikidata]

## History

- Replaced Tulufan Zhiliting[^wikidata].
- From 1 January 1985: named “吐鲁番市”, until 15 March 2015[^wikidata].
- From 1 January 1913: named “吐鲁番县”, until 31 December 1984[^wikidata].

Updated: 2026-10-29

Tags:
- Administrative division https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/tags/admin-division.html

Relations:
- Located in: Turpan https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/xinjiang-turpan.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)

Mentioned in:
- Turpan https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/xinjiang-turpan.html

Sources:
- 2023年中华人民共和国县以上行政区划代码（民政部） https://www.mca.gov.cn/mzsj/xzqh/2023/202301xzqh.html 代码 650402 高昌区
- Wikidata Q192564 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192564
- Gaochang District (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaochang,_Turpan
- 高昌区（维基百科） https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E6%98%8C%E5%8C%BA