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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 |
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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. |
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Shache (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles),U,N)
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Shache (Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Sha-ch'e (C,V)
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Soch'e (C,V)
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Yarkant (C,O,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Yarkand (C,O,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin),U,N)
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Yarkand (Chinese (transliterated),U)
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So-ch’e (C,V)
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So-ch’e-hsien (C,V)
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So-ch’e-chen (C,V)
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So-ch’e-shih (C,V)
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Yangi-shahr (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Yarkand New City (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Yarkand Yangi-shahr (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Yarkend (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Yarkent (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Yeken (C,V,Uyghur (Arabic transcription),U)
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Yəkən (C,V,Uyghur (Latin transcription),U)
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Yəkən (Uyghur (Arabic transcription),U)
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Якән (C,V,Uyghur,U)
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Якән (Uyghur (Cyrillic transcription),U)
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يەكەن (C,V,Uyghur (Arabic transcription),U)
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يەكەن (Uyghur,U)
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So-ch'e (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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So-ch'e-chen (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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So-ch'e-hsien (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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So-ch'e-shih (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Shache (inhabited place) (P) |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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town (C) |
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historic site (C) |
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trade center (H) |
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during 2nd cen. |
oasis settlement (H) |
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Silk Road .......... (road) |
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(World) [7031416] |
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