Tatrang

Proper noun

Tatrang

1. A town in Qiemo, Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, formerly a township.
   • Grenard says (pp. 183-184) that he examined the remains of what is called the old town of Charchan, traces of the ancient canal, ruins of dwellings deep into the sand, of which the walls built of large and solid-baked bricks, are pretty well preserved. Save these bricks, "I found hardly anything...1920, Rustichello da Pisa, translated by Henry Yule, edited by Henri Cordier, The Travels of Marco Polo, →OCLC
   • Then we drove on the November 16 northwards and entered the desert at the oil camp of Tatrang. A mere 15 km into the desert, we started to see nothing but hundreds of dead poplar trees of many centuries old,[…]2004, China Tourism, numbers 287-292, →OCLC, page 83

   Synonyms:

   Tatirang, T'a-t'a-lang