Kuqa

E149673

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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kuqa canonical 10

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

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

Tocharian culture ⓘ
linked to: Tocharians
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 ⓘ
linked to: Silk Road routes

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 B ⓘ
linked to: Tocharian languages
locatedIn Aksu Prefecture ⓘ
Tarim Basin ⓘ
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region ⓘ
linked to: Xinjiang
locatedOn northern edge of the Tarim Basin ⓘ
modernLanguage Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
modernLanguageMajority Uyghur ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
partOf ancient Silk Road northern route ⓘ
linked to: Silk Road routes
region Southern Xinjiang ⓘ
linked to: Tarim Basin
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tarim Basin → contains → Kuqa ⓘ
Kucha → modernNameRelated → Kuqa ⓘ
Subashi Buddhist temple ruins → locatedIn → Kuqa ⓘ
Kuci → historicalNameOf → Kuqa ⓘ
Kuci → locatedIn → Kuqa ⓘ
Kuci → presentDayName → Kuqa ⓘ