KuchaToday part ofChinaKucha was an ancient TocharianBuddhist kingdom located on the branch of the Silk Road that ran along the northern edge of what is now the Taklamakan Desert in the Tarim Basin and south of the Muzat River. The people of Kucha spoke Kuchean (also known as Tocharian B) and a local variant of Gandhārī Prakrit, known as Kucha Prakrit, was used by Kucha for official and administrative purposes, with evidence indicating that it remained in use until 6th century.
DunhuangDunhuang (listen) is a county-level city in northwestern Gansu Province, Northwestern China. According to the 2010 Chinese census, the city has a population of 186,027, though 2019 estimates put the city's population at about 191,800. Known as Sachu (沙洲), it was a major stop on the ancient Silk Road and is best known for the nearby Mogao Caves. Dunhuang is situated in an oasis containing Crescent Lake and the Singing Sand Dunes.
Jiaohe ruinsUyghur nameUyghurيارغول قەدىمقى شەهىرىThe Jiaohe ruins, known by the local Uyghur populace as Yarghul, is a ruined city in the Yarnaz Valley, 10 km (6.2 mi) west of the city of Turpan in Xinjiang, China. It was the capital of the Tocharian kingdom of Jushi. It is a natural fortress located atop a steep cliff on a leaf-shaped plateau between two deep river valleys, and was an important stop along the Silk Road.
Tarim BasinEndorheic basin in Xinjiang, ChinaNanjiangChinese南疆Literal meaningSouthern XinjiangUyghur nameUyghurتارىم ئويمانلىقىThe Tarim Basin is an endorheic basin in Xinjiang, Northwestern China, occupying an area of about 888,000 km (343,000 sq mi) and the largest basin in Northwest China.
Tang dynastyImperial dynasty of China (618–907)CapitalChang'an(618–690, 705–904)Luoyang(904–907)Common languagesMiddle ChineseLiterary Chinese (official)Religion Majorities:Chinese BuddhismTaoismChinese folk religionMinorities:Nestorian ChristianityChinese ManichaeismZoroastrianismIslamGovernmentAbsolute monarchyEmperor • 618–626 (first) Emperor Gaozu• 626–649 Emperor Taizong• 712–756 Emperor Xuanzong• 904–907 (last) Emperor AiHistorical eraMedieval East Asia• EstablishedJune 18, 618• W…
Autonomous regions of ChinaIn the People's Republic of China, an autonomous region (Chinese: 自治区; pinyin: Zìzhìqū; lit. 'self-governing region') is a provincial-level administrative division and province equivalent. An autonomous region has its own local government, but under the law of the People's Republic of China, an autonomous region has more legislative rights, such as the right to "formulate self-government regulations and other separate regulations."
XinjiangXinjiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), in the northwest of the country at the crossroads of Central Asia and East Asia. The largest province-level division of China by area and the 8th-largest country subdivision in the world, Xinjiang spans over 1.6 million square kilometers (620,000 sq mi) and has about 25 million inhabitants.
ChinaCountry in East AsiaChina, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is divided into 33 province-level divisions, including two special administrative regions. Beijing is the capital, while Shanghai is the most populous city by urban area. Its geography features the Central Plain, major rivers such as the Yangtze and Yellow River, deserts, subtropical and temperate forests, plateaus, and mountain ranges such as the Himalayas.
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Prefecture-level cityCity or municipality of a Chinese province Prefecture-level cityPrefectural-level cityChinese nameSimplified Chinese地级市Traditional Chinese地級市Literal meaningRegional-level cityTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinDìjíshìHakkaRomanizationthi-kip-sṳ:Yue: CantoneseJyutpingdei6 kap1 si5Tibetan nameTibetanས་ཁུལ་རིམ་པ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།TranscriptionsWyliesa khul rim pa drong khyerTibetan PinyinSakü Rimba ChongkyêrMongolian nameMongolian CyrillicДугаргийн энтэй хотMongolian scriptᠲᠣᠭᠣᠷᠢᠭ ᠤᠨ ᠡᠩ ᠲᠡᠢ ᠬᠣᠲᠠTranscriptionsSASM/GNCtoγoriγ-un en-tai qotaUyghur nameUyghurۋىلايەت دەرىجىلىك شەھەرTranscriptionsLatin YëziqiWilayet Derijilik Sheher A road sign shows distance to the "Huangshi urban area" (黄石市区) rather than simply "Huangshi" (黄石).
AreaArea is the measure of a region's size on a surface. The area of a plane region or plane area refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while surface area refers to the area of an open surface or the boundary of a three-dimensional object. Area can be understood as the amount of material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model of the shape, or the amount of paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat.
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