Hor (Tibetan: ཧོར, Wylie: hor) also known as Huo'er (Chinese: 霍尔乡; pinyin: huò'ěr xiāng) is a township in Burang County, Ngari Prefecture the Tibet Autonomous Region of China; by the shore of Lake Manasarovar.[1] It was placed in the back on the main East-West highway that followed the Silk Road from Lhasa to Kashmir.

Huo'er
霍尔乡ཧོར་ཤང
Township
Hor is located in Tibet
Hor
Hor
Location of the seat in the Tibet Autonomous Region
Coordinates: 30°46′25″N 81°36′38″E / 30.7736°N 81.6105°E / 30.7736; 81.6105
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionTibet
PrefectureNgari
CountyBurang County
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
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References

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  1. ^ Nick Middleton, 'Navel of the Universe', in Extremes along the Silk Road. Murray Books, 1905.