Which city does Hotan area belong to?

Hotian City. According to the Baidu map query, the Hotan area is affiliated to Hotan City in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It is located in the southern corner of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, reaching the Kunlun Mountains and the Tibet Autonomous Region in the south, the Taklimakan Desert in the north and Aksu, and the Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture in the east. It is adjacent to the Kashgar region in the west, the Karakoram Mountains in the southwest, and Kashmir.