Ulugqat

• Ulugchat

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Ulugqat

1. A county of Kizilsu, Xinjiang, China
   • 1989, Muqi (车慕奇) Che, “From Kizil Thousand-Buddha Grottoes to Kizil River Valley”, in 丝绸之路今昔 [The Silk Road, Past and Present]‎, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 241:

     Geluo Ridge on the upper reaches of the Kizil River is in present-day Ulugqat (Ulugchat), an important mountain pass for going beyond China’s territory on the Silk Road.

   • 2004, Old Boys‎, 1st edition (Fiction), The Overlook Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 18:

     "Any idea what Paul was doing in Xinjiang?"
     "No. The country around Ulugqat is still a forbidden zone."

   • 2014 July 4, Michael Martina, “Muslims in China's Xinjiang told to ignore Ramadan customs”, in Nick Macfie, editor, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 16 August 2022, World News:

     One village school near Ulugqat county close to China’s western border said students were prohibited from entering mosques, according to a party-affiliated news site, Pingan Net.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Ulugqat.

• (from Mandarin Chinese) Wu-ch'ia, Wuqia

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Wuqia”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3495, column 2: “Also called Ulugqat.”
• Ulugqat, Ulugchat, Wuqia, Wuchia at Google Ngram Viewer