Kuche

Kucha was an ancient Buddhist kingdom located on the branch of the Silk Road that ran along the northern edge of what is now the Taklamakan Desert in the and south of the .
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  • Type: Locality with 103,000 residents
  • Description: former country in present-day China
  • Also known as: Chiu-tzu”, “Chiutzu”, “Guizi”, “K’u-ch’e”, “K’u-ch’e-chen”, “K’u-ch’e-hsien”, “Kiu-che”, “Kiuche”, “Kocha”, “Kucha”, “Kuche Xian”, “Kuchel”, “Kuchi”, “Kuchu”, “Kuei-tzu”, “Kueitzu”, “Kuga”, “Kuqa”, “Kvcha”, “Qiuci”, “Qiuzi”, “Xincheng”, and “库车

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kuche Grand Mosque.

Mosque

Kuche

Latitude
41.715° or 41° 42′ 54″ north
Longitude
82.9325° or 82° 55′ 57″ east
Population
103,000
Elevation
1,048 metres (3,438 feet)
IATA airport code
KCA
Open location code
8MH4PW7J+XX
Geo­Names ID
1529363
Wiki­data ID
Q1328546
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kuche” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: قوشار
  • Azerbaijani: Küçə
  • Catalan: Kieu-tseu
  • Catalan: Kodjha
  • Catalan: Kucha
  • Catalan: Kuqa
  • Catalan: Kutxa
  • Catalan: Qiuzi
  • Chinese: Ku-chu
  • Chinese: 库车县
  • Chinese: 新城
  • Chinese: 龜茲
  • Chinese: 龟兹
  • Chinese: 龟兹国
  • Dutch: Kucha
  • Dutch: Kuqa
  • French: Koutcha
  • French: Kucha
  • Galician: Kucha
  • German: Kuqa
  • Hakka Chinese: Khiû-tshṳ̀
  • Hebrew: קוצ’ה
  • Hindi: कूचा राज्य
  • Hindi: कूचार
  • Hindi: कूचीन
  • Hindi: कूचे
  • Indonesian: Kucha
  • Italian: Kucā
  • Italian: Kuçar
  • Italian: Kucha
  • Italian: Kuchar
  • Italian: Kuche
  • Italian: Kucheano
  • Italian: Regno di Kucha
  • Japanese: 亀茲
  • Japanese: 亀茲国
  • Korean: 구자
  • Korean: 구자국
  • Korean: 쿠차 현
  • Korean: 쿠차
  • Korean: 쿠차국
  • Korean: 쿠처
  • Literary Chinese: 龜茲
  • Min Nan Chinese: Kui-chu
  • Persian: کوچا
  • Portuguese: Cucha
  • Portuguese: Cucina
  • Portuguese: Kucha
  • Russian: Куча
  • Russian: Кучар
  • Russian: Кучэ
  • Slovenian: Kuča
  • South Azerbaijani: کوچا
  • Spanish: Kodjha
  • Spanish: Kucha
  • Spanish: Kuqa
  • Spanish: Qiuzi
  • Swedish: Kuche
  • Turkish: Kuçar
  • Uighur: Yëngisheher
  • Uighur: Куча
  • Uighur: كۇچا
  • Uighur: يېڭىشەھەر
  • Ukrainian: Куча (держава)
  • Ukrainian: Куча
  • Venetian: Kucha
  • Vietnamese: Khâu Từ
  • Vietnamese: Quy Từ
  • Western Panjabi: کوچا راج
  • Yue Chinese: 龜茲

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