A Harsh Desert Is Home to 4th Largest Population of People Over 100

You hear a lot about places and countries with populations of people over 100 years of age. One of the most famous examples is Okinawa boasting 51 people still living at 100 years of age, but you never hear about this harsh desert in the northwest of China. Amazingly in an oasis town there lives over 183 people thriving in one of the harshest deserts in the world. That Taklamakan and the oasis region they live in is Hotan.

This incredibly large aged population makes it the region one boasting the 4th highest life expectancy rates in the world according to …read more