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ID: 7001782
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001782

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Xibeijie (inhabited place)  Xibeijie (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 39 44 16 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 39.7379  decimal degrees
Long: 098 31 06 E  degrees minutes   Long: 98.5183  decimal degrees

Note: Conquered by Han 117-115 BCE, becoming an important stop along the Silk Road. Was a capital of the Western Liang state from 400-421, later occupied by the Tibetans in the 8th-9th centuries, destroyed by the Mongols, yet remained a trading post until the 17th century.

Names:
Xibeijie (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
Jiuquan (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
Suzhou (C,O,Chinese (transliterated),U)
Chiu-ch’üan-hsien (C,V)
Chiu-ch’üan-shih (C,V)
Jiuquan Shi (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
Kiuchoan (C,V)
Kiuchüan (C,V)
Kiuchüan-hsien (C,V)
Su-chou (C,V)
Suchow (C,V)
Tsin-tsuan-tsiun (C,V)
酒泉 (C,V,Chinese,U)
肃州 (C,V,Chinese,U)
Suzhou Qu (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
酒泉市 (C,V,Chinese,U)
西北街 (C,V,Chinese,U)
肃州区 (C,V,Chinese,U)
Chiu-ch'üan (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Zhongguo (nation)  ........  Zhongguo (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Gansu (province)  ............  Gansu (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Xibeijie (inhabited place)  ................  Xibeijie (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
commandery (H)  ............  of Han dynasty, 206 BC-220 AD

Related geographic places:
located on ....  Silk Road .......... (road)
..................  (World) [7031416]

Sources and Contributors:
酒泉..........  [VP]
...........  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
肃州..........  [VP]
...........  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
酒泉市..........  [VP]
...........  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
西北街..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
肃州区..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Chiu-ch’üan-hsien..........  [VP]
................................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
Chiu-ch’üan-shih..........  [VP]
.............................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
Chiu-ch'üan..........  [VP]
.......................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Jiuquan..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 193
Jiuquan Shi..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Kiuchüan..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
Kiuchüan-hsien..........  [VP]
.............................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
Kiuchoan..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
Su-chou..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
Suchow..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
Suzhou..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Suzhou Qu..........  [VP]
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Tsin-tsuan-tsiun..........  [VP]
.............................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
Xibeijie..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) 11236334
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 193
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Tucker, Silk Road (2015) 95

 

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