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Qoču, corresponding to the Chinese place name Gaochang, is the old name for modern Turfan.4

Names

  • Gaochang1, 2
  • Qara Qocho1, 3

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 42.8526870000° Long. 89.5277596000°1
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Ian Mladjov, Diachronic Maps of Syriac Cultures and Their Geographic Contexts, in The Syriac World, ed. Daniel King and David A. Michelson (London-New York: Routledge, 2018), xxvii–xxxiii, map 1–14, map: 10. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 2 William L. Potter and David A. Michelson, Index of Maps, in The Syriac World, ed. Daniel King (London-New York: Routledge, 2018), p: 827. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 3 William L. Potter and David A. Michelson, Index of Maps, in The Syriac World, ed. Daniel King (London-New York: Routledge, 2018), p: 831. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 4 Daniel King, The Syriac World, Routledge Worlds (London: Routledge, 2019), p: 235. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

How to Cite This Entry

David A. Michelson et al., “Gaochang” last modified April 21, 2026, http://syriaca.org/place/4319.

Bibliography:

David A. Michelson et al., “Gaochang.”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2026. Entry published April 21, 2026. http://syriaca.org/place/4319.

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Entry Title: Gaochang

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  • Abstract added by Louis Wu
  • Data merging and TEI encoded by William L. Potter
  • Syriac World maps edited by David A. Michelson
  • Syriac World maps data revised by William L. Potter
  • Syriac World maps cartography by Ian Mladjov

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