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ID: 7002000 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7002000			Record Type: administrative

Shache (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 38 25 00 N degrees minutes			Lat: 38.4167 decimal degrees
Long: 077 14 26 E degrees minutes			Long: 77.2406 decimal degrees

Note: Town on site of a historical oasis on southern rim of the Taklamakan desert in the Tarim Basin; was located on silk trade route and on Han expansion route 350 BCE-220 CE. Was center of the Buddhist kingdom of Shache, commanding the route over the Pamirs mountains.

Names:

Shache (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles),U,N)

Shache (Chinese (transliterated),U)

Sha-ch'e (C,V)

Soch'e (C,V)

Yarkant (C,O,Chinese (transliterated),U)

Yarkand (C,O,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin),U,N)

Yarkand (Chinese (transliterated),U)

So-ch’e (C,V)

So-ch’e-hsien (C,V)

So-ch’e-chen (C,V)

So-ch’e-shih (C,V)

Yangi-shahr (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)

Yarkand New City (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)

Yarkand Yangi-shahr (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)

Yarkend (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)

Yarkent (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)

Yeken (C,V,Uyghur (Arabic transcription),U)

Yəkən (C,V,Uyghur (Latin transcription),U)

Yəkən (Uyghur (Arabic transcription),U)

Якән (C,V,Uyghur,U)

Якән (Uyghur (Cyrillic transcription),U)

يەكەن (C,V,Uyghur (Arabic transcription),U)

يەكەن (Uyghur,U)

So-ch'e (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)

So-ch'e-chen (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)

So-ch'e-hsien (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)

So-ch'e-shih (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Asia (continent) (P)

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Zhongguo (nation) (P)

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Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (autonomous region) (P)

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Shache (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:

inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
historic site (C)
trade center (H)	............	during 2nd cen.
oasis settlement (H)

Related geographic places:

located on ....	Silk Road .......... (road)
..................	(World) [7031416]

Sources and Contributors:

Якән..........	[VP]
...........	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
...........	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)

يەكەن..........	[VP]
..............	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
..............	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)

Shache..........	[VP Preferred]
.................	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) 43SFC9560854424
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 180
.................	Times Atlas of World History (1989)

Sha-ch'e..........	[VP]
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
.................	Times Atlas of World History (1993) 355

Soch'e..........	[VP]
.................	Times Atlas of World History (1993) 356

So-ch’e..........	[VP]
.................	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)

So-ch'e..........	[VP]
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)

So-ch’e-chen..........	[VP]
.......................	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)

So-ch'e-chen..........	[VP]
.......................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)

So-ch’e-hsien..........	[VP]
..........................	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)

So-ch'e-hsien..........	[VP]
..........................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)

So-ch’e-shih..........	[VP]
.......................	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)

So-ch'e-shih..........	[VP]
.......................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)

Yangi-shahr..........	[VP]
.......................	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
.......................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)

Yarkand..........	[VP]
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
.................	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................	Times Atlas of World History (1993) 360

Yarkand New City..........	[VP]
.............................	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
.............................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)

Yarkand Yangi-shahr..........	[VP]
...................................	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
...................................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)

Yarkant..........	[VP]
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
.................	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................	Times Atlas of World History (1993) 360

Yarkend..........	[VP]
.................	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)

Yarkent..........	[VP]
.................	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)

Yeken..........	[VP]
..............	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
..............	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)

Yəkən..........	[VP]
..............	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
..............	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)

Subject: .....	[VP]
..................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1924174
..................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 180
..................	Times Atlas of World History (1993) 355; 356; 360


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
	..........	Times Atlas of World History (1989)

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