Talk:Urchi

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Various Uses[edit]

In addition to the location in Hotan Prefecture (Urchi (Approved - N) 37° 19' 14" N, 079° 33' 31" E [1] ('C4DF74A606D74671E053A268D6A44631', 'DC')) , this word appears in seemingly unrelated instances as:
(1) a tribe in Afghanistan "There is evidence both in situ and in documentary sources to suggest that it was probably sacked and burned to the ground towards the end of the second century BC by a tribe of nomads, the Urchi, from higher up the Oxus." [2]
(2) a location in Uzbekistan "were reported near the town of Regar in Tajikistan and Uzun and Urchi in Uzbekistan." [3]
(3) some Central Asian location "Besides this route there is also the direct route from the village of Dagan to Urchi. From Dagan to Urchi is 16 versts (10 miles 43 furlongs)." [4] --Geographyinitiative (talk) 13:12, 19 August 2021 (UTC)Reply