Xinjiang
Dzungarian
Turpan

Gaochang

Gaochang, also called Khocho, Karakhoja, Qara-hoja, Kara-Khoja or Karahoja, was an ancient oasis city on the northern rim of the inhospitable Taklamakan Desert in present-day , China.
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  • Type: Shingle beach
  • Description: site of historical ruins in Xinjiang
  • Also known as: “Chotsho”, “Gaochang Gucheng”, “Gochang”, “Karahoja”, “Xoqo”, and “亦都护城”
  • Address: County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gaochang Gucheng (ruins of the Hun City, BC200) and Astana-Karakhoja Tombs;Astana Graveyard.

Photo: Huowax, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 680 metres southwest of Gaochang.

Photo: Otebig, Public domain.
The Astana Cemetery is an ancient cemetery 37 kilometers southeast of , in , , 6 kilometres from the ancient city of Gaochang. It served mainly as the cemetery for the descendants of Chinese settlers in Gaochang from the 4th century to the first half of the 8th century. is situated 3 km north of Gaochang.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 三堡乡.

Town
Sanbu Township is a township in Gaochang District, , , China. The ancient Gaochang city ruins is located here.

Gaochang

Latitude
42.85528° or 42° 51′ 19″ north
Longitude
89.52778° or 89° 31′ 40″ east
Open location code
8MJFVG4H+44
Open­Street­Map ID
way 187178575
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­shingle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q877381
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Gaochang” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قرغوجة”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qaraxoca”
  • Basque: “Gaochang”
  • Bulgarian: “Кочо”
  • Catalan: “Gaochang”
  • Catalan: “Kara Khoja”
  • Catalan: “Ruïnes de Gaochang”
  • Chinese: “gāochāng gùchéng”
  • Chinese: “Ko-chhiong”
  • Chinese: “哈剌和卓”
  • Chinese: “火州”
  • Chinese: “高昌”
  • Chinese: “高昌古城”
  • Chinese: “高昌国”
  • Chinese: “高昌國”
  • Chinese: “高昌故城”
  • Dutch: “Gaochang”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جاوتشانج”
  • French: “Gaochang”
  • French: “Geochan (ruines de la ville de hun BC200)”
  • German: “Chotscho”
  • German: “Gaochang gucheng”
  • German: “Karakhoja”
  • German: “Khocho”
  • German: “Khoco”
  • German: “Kocho”
  • German: “Qoco”
  • German: “Qočo”
  • Hebrew: “גאוצ’אנג”
  • Hungarian: “Gaocsang (hun város romjai BC200)”
  • Indonesian: “Gaochang”
  • Italian: “Gaochang”
  • Italian: “Geochan (rovine della città di Hun BC200)”
  • Japanese: “火州”
  • Japanese: “高昌”
  • Japanese: “高昌国”
  • Kirghiz: “Гаочан”
  • Korean: “가오창국”
  • Korean: “고창국”
  • Korean: “카라호자”
  • Literary Chinese: “火州”
  • Literary Chinese: “高昌”
  • Lithuanian: “Gaočangas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ko-chhiong”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gaochang”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Khocho”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Qarakhoja”
  • Norwegian: “Gaochang”
  • Persian: “قره‌خواجه”
  • Polish: “Gaochang”
  • Polish: “Geochan (ruiny miasta hun BC200)”
  • Russian: “Гаочан (смешивать городские руины BC200)”
  • Russian: “Гаочан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gaochang”
  • Slovenian: “Gaočang”
  • Spanish: “Geochan (ruinas de la ciudad hun BC200)”
  • Spanish: “Ruinas de Gaochang”
  • Turkish: “Karahoca”
  • Uighur: “قئارئاهوجئا”
  • Uighur: “قوچۇ”
  • Ukrainian: “Гаочан (руїни міста Хун BC200)”
  • Ukrainian: “Гаочан”
  • Ukrainian: “Гаочанг”
  • Vietnamese: “Cao Xương”
  • Vietnamese: “Gaochang”
  • Yue Chinese: “高昌”

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