Kuqa

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city county-level city oasis city

Kuqa is an ancient oasis city in China’s Xinjiang region that historically served as a key Buddhist and Silk Road cultural center in the Tarim Basin.

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Label Occurrences
Kuqa canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
county-level city ⓘ
oasis city ⓘ
administrativeStatus county-level city under Aksu Prefecture ⓘ
associatedWith Kingdom of Kucha ⓘ
surface form: Kucha Kingdom

Tocharians ⓘ
surface form: Tocharian culture
borderedBy Taklamakan Desert ⓘ
climate continental desert climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culturalHeritage Buddhist murals ⓘ
Silk Road archaeological sites ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
petroleum industry ⓘ
ethnicGroups Han Chinese ⓘ
Uyghurs ⓘ
governingBody Aksu Prefecture authorities ⓘ
hasAirport Kuqa Qiuci Airport ⓘ
hasTourismType Buddhist heritage tourism ⓘ
Silk Road cultural tourism ⓘ
historicalName Kucha ⓘ
Kuci ⓘ
historicalRegion Silk Road routes ⓘ
surface form: Silk Road

Western Regions ⓘ
historicalRole Buddhist cultural center ⓘ
Silk Road trading hub ⓘ
oasis kingdom capital ⓘ
knownFor Buddhist cave temples ⓘ
Kizil Caves nearby ⓘ
Subashi Buddhist temple ruins nearby ⓘ
languageHistorically Tocharian languages ⓘ
surface form: Tocharian B
locatedIn Aksu Prefecture ⓘ
Tarim Basin ⓘ
Xinjiang ⓘ
surface form: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
locatedOn northern edge of the Tarim Basin ⓘ
modernLanguage Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
modernLanguageMajority Uyghurs ⓘ
surface form: Uyghur
partOf Silk Road routes ⓘ
surface form: ancient Silk Road northern route
region Tarim Basin ⓘ
surface form: Southern Xinjiang
regionType oasis ⓘ
religionHistorically Buddhism ⓘ
roadConnection China National Highway 217 ⓘ
China National Highway 314 ⓘ
timeZone China Standard Time ⓘ
transport Southern Xinjiang Railway ⓘ
traversedBy Kuqa River ⓘ
utcOffset +8 ⓘ

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Tarim Basin → contains → Kuqa ⓘ