NW China
Xinjiang
Hotan Prefecture

Guma

Guma Town, also known as Pishan Town, is an ancient oasis town on the main caravan route between Khotan and and, in Han times, the route left from here to go to Arachosia through .
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  • Type: Town with 28,200 residents
  • Description: town in Pishan County, China
  • Also known as: “Guma (Goma) Town”, “Guma Bazar”, “Guma Zhen”, “Guma, Pishan County”, “Ku-ma”, “Ku-man”, “P’i-shan-chen”, “P’i-shan-hsien”, and “Pishan Town”

Guma

Latitude
37.59871° or 37° 35′ 55″ north
Longitude
78.27389° or 78° 16′ 26″ east
Population
28,200
Elevation
1,376 metres (4,514 feet)
Open location code
8J9WH7XF+FH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8867383174
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1280327
Wiki­data ID
Q844404
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Guma” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قوما”
  • Asturian: “Guma”
  • Cebuano: “Guma”
  • Chinese: “固玛”
  • Chinese: “固玛镇”
  • Chinese: “皮山”
  • Dutch: “Guma, Pishan County”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جوما”
  • Gan Chinese: “固玛镇”
  • Italian: “Guma”
  • Italian: “Pishan”
  • Japanese: “グマ鎮”
  • Korean: “피샨”
  • Lithuanian: “Guma”
  • Persian: “شهرستان گوما پیشان”
  • Persian: “شهرک گوما”
  • Russian: “Гума”
  • Swedish: “Guma”
  • Uighur: “Guma Baziri”
  • Uighur: “Гума”
  • Uighur: “گۇما بازىرى”
  • Uighur: “گۇما”
  • Ukrainian: “Гума”
  • Welsh: “Guma”
  • Wu Chinese: “固玛镇”

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