Chung-kuo hsien shih cheng ch‘ü tzu liao shou ts‘e, 1986 p. 188 (Ho-t‘ien hsien, name changed, in 1959, from Ho-t‘ien hsien [t‘ien in different character]; seat: Ho-t‘ien shih)
BGN. Gaz. of PRC, 1979 p. 136 (Hotan Xian; also: Ho-t‘ien Hsien, ADMD 37°07′N, 79°55′E)