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ID: 1079239
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1079239
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Qūchān (inhabited place)  Qūchān (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 37 06 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 37.1000  decimal degrees
Long: 058 29 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 58.4833  decimal degrees

Note: Mainly populated by descendants of a Zaʻfarānlū Kurdish tribe who were resettled here by Shāh ʻAbbās I in 1600s; surrounding area contains vineyards & field of grain; town has been repeatedly damaged by earthquakes.

Names:
Qūchān (preferred,C,V,O,Persian-Farsi (transliterated)-P)
Quchan (C,V)
Kuchan (C,V)
Gochan (C,U)
قوچان (C,U,Persian-Farsi-P)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Īrān (nation)  ........  Īrān (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Khorāsān-e Raẕavī (province)  ............  Khorāsān-e Raẕavī (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Qūchān (inhabited place)  ................  Qūchān (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  current town dates from 1895
town (C)
seat (C)

Sources and Contributors:
قوچان..........  [VP]
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -3080451
Gochan..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -3080451
Kuchan..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 846
Qūchān..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 846
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -3080451
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Quchan..........  [VP]
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 157
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 846
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -3080451
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 157
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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