Khara-Khoto

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Coordinates: 41°46′N 101°09′E / 41.767°N 101.150°E / 41.767; 101.150

The walls of Khara-Khoto

Khara-Khoto (Chinese: 黑水城; Mongolian: Khar Khot; "black city")[1] is an abandoned city in the Ejin Banner of Alxa League in western Inner Mongolia near Juyan Lake Basin built in 1032. It has been identified as the city of Etzina, which appears in The Travels of Marco Polo, and Ejin Banner is named after this city.

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Khara-Khoto is known by many names, including Chinese: 黑城 Hēichéng "black city", Tangut: