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Xibeijie (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 39 44 16 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 39.7379 decimal degrees |
| Long: 098 31 06 E degrees minutes |
Long: 98.5183 decimal degrees |
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Note: Conquered by Han 117-115 BCE, becoming an important stop along the Silk Road. Was a capital of the Western Liang state from 400-421, later occupied by the Tibetans in the 8th-9th centuries, destroyed by the Mongols, yet remained a trading post until the 17th century. |
Names: |
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| Xibeijie (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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| Jiuquan (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Suzhou (C,O,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Chiu-ch’üan-hsien (C,V)
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| Chiu-ch’üan-shih (C,V)
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| Jiuquan Shi (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Kiuchoan (C,V)
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| Kiuchüan (C,V)
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| Kiuchüan-hsien (C,V)
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| Su-chou (C,V)
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| Suchow (C,V)
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| Tsin-tsuan-tsiun (C,V)
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| 酒泉 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| 肃州 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| Suzhou Qu (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| 酒泉市 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| 西北街 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| 肃州区 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| Chiu-ch'üan (H,V)
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Gansu (province) (P) |
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Xibeijie (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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| town (C) |
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| commandery (H) |
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of Han dynasty, 206 BC-220 AD |
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Silk Road .......... (road) |
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(World) [7031416] |
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