Bactria

Bactria is a historic region in , along the Silk Road. At times it has been an independent kingdom, at others part of Alexander the Great's Empire, the Persian Empire or Mongol Empire.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: historical region in Central Asia
  • Also known as: “Bactriàna”, “Bactriano”, “Bactrians”, “Bactrie”, “Bactris”, “Baktra”, “Baktriane”, “Baktrië”, “Baktrijana”, “Baktrijská říše”, “Battriani”, “Bhalika”, “Đại Hạ”, “Daxia”, “Ta-Hsia”, “Tocaristan”, “Tocaristán”, “Tocharistanas”, “Toharistan”, “Tojaristan”, “Tojaristán”, “Tokharestan”, “Tokharistan”, “Zariaspa”, “Бактриана”, “Бактрийцы”, “Бактріана”, “Балхара”, “Тахарыстан”, “باختريا”, “باختریش”, “بخدی”, “تخارستان”, “تُخارستان”, “طخارستان”, “ባክትርያ”, “ባክትርያና”, “बाखतर”, “बाख्तर”, “बाख़्तर”, “बाख्त्र”, “बेक्ट्रिया”, “बैक्ट्रिया”, “बैक्ट्रियाई”, “बैक्ट्रीया”, “ਬਾਖਤਰ”, “ਬਾਖ਼ਤਰ”, “ਬਾਖਤ੍ਰ”, “ਬੈਕਟਰੀਆ”, “ਬੈਕਟ੍ਰੀਅ”, “ബാക്‌ട്രിയ”, “박트리아인”, “토카라 지방”, “토카라국”, “토하리스탄”, “투하리스탄”, “トハーリスターン”, “トハラ”, “トハリスタン”, and “巴克特利亚”

Bactria

Latitude of center
36.7679° or 36° 46′ 5″ north
Longitude of center
66.9012° or 66° 54′ 4″ east
Open­Street­Map ID
way 151243951
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q132646
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Bactria” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ባክትሪያ”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Βακτριανή”
  • Arabic: “باختر”
  • Aragonese: “Bactria”
  • Armenian: “Բակտրիա”
  • Asturian: “Bactriana”
  • Azerbaijani: “Baktriya”
  • Bashkir: “Бактрия”
  • Basque: “Baktriana”
  • Belarusian: “Бактрыя”
  • Bengali: “বাক্ট্রিয়া”
  • Bengali: “ব্যাকট্রিয়া”
  • Breton: “Baktria”
  • Bulgarian: “Бактрия”
  • Catalan: “Bactriana”
  • Chinese: “巴克特里亚”
  • Chinese: “巴克特里亞”
  • Chuvash: “Бактри”
  • Croatian: “Baktrija”
  • Czech: “Baktrie”
  • Danish: “Baktrien”
  • Dutch: “Bactrië”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “باكتريا”
  • Esperanto: “Baktrio”
  • Estonian: “Baktria”
  • Finnish: “Baktria”
  • French: “Bactriane”
  • Galician: “Bactria”
  • Galician: “Bactriana”
  • Georgian: “ბაქტრია”
  • German: “Baktrien”
  • Greek: “Βακτρα”
  • Greek: “Βακτρία”
  • Hebrew: “באקטריה”
  • Hindi: “बाख़्त्र”
  • Hungarian: “Baktria”
  • Indonesian: “Baktria”
  • Irish: “An Bhaictria”
  • Italian: “Battria”
  • Italian: “Battriana”
  • Japanese: “バクトリア”
  • Kazakh: “Baktrïya”
  • Kazakh: “Бактрия”
  • Kazakh: “باكترىييا”
  • Kirghiz: “Бактрия”
  • Korean: “박트리아”
  • Kurdish: “Baktriya”
  • Latin: “Bactria”
  • Latvian: “Baktrija”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Bactria”
  • Lithuanian: “Baktrija”
  • Macedonian: “Бактрија”
  • Malagasy: “Baktria”
  • Malagasy: “Baktriàna”
  • Malay: “Balakh”
  • Malayalam: “ബാക്ട്രിയ”
  • Marathi: “बॅक्ट्रिया”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bactria”
  • Nepali: “बाह्लीक”
  • Nepali: “ब्याक्ट्रिया”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Baktria”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Baktria”
  • Norwegian: “Baktria”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bactriana”
  • Ossetian: “Бактри”
  • Panjabi: “ਬਾਖ਼ਤ੍ਰ”
  • Persian: “باختر”
  • Polish: “Baktria”
  • Portuguese: “Báctria”
  • Pushto: “باختر”
  • Romanian: “Bactria”
  • Russian: “Бактра”
  • Russian: “Бактрия”
  • Serbian: “Baktrija”
  • Serbian: “Бактрија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Baktrija”
  • Sindhi: “باختر”
  • Slovak: “Baktria”
  • Slovenian: “Baktrija”
  • South Azerbaijani: “باکتریا”
  • Spanish: “Bactriana”
  • Swahili: “Baktria”
  • Swedish: “Baktrien”
  • Swiss German: “Baktrie”
  • Swiss German: “Baktrien”
  • Tajik: “Boxtar”
  • Tajik: “Бохтар”
  • Tamil: “பாக்திரியா”
  • Tatar: “Balxar ile”
  • Tatar: “Бахтәр”
  • Thai: “แบกเตรีย”
  • Turkish: “Baktriya”
  • Turkmen: “Baktriýa”
  • Ukrainian: “Бактрія”
  • Urdu: “باختر”
  • Uzbek: “Baqtriya”
  • Venetian: “Bàtria”
  • Vietnamese: “Bactria”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bactria (rehiyon)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bactria”
  • Welsh: “Bactria”
  • Western Armenian: “Պաքթրիա”
  • Western Panjabi: “باختر”
  • Wu Chinese: “巴克特里亚”
  • Yue Chinese: “巴克特里亞”

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