The Lop County (Uyghur: لوپ ناھىيىسى, ULY: Lop Nahiyisi, UYY: Lop Nah̡iyisi?) is a county within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Hotan Prefecture. It contains an area of 14,264 km2. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 240,000.