Thursday, March 10, 2005

Kuldja

Also spelled  Kulja,  Chinese  (Wade-Giles) I-ning,  or (Pinyin)  Gulja, or Yining,   city in western Uighur Autonomous Region of Sinkiang, China. It is the chief city, agricultural market, and commercial centre of the I-li River valley, which is a principal route from the Sinkiang region into Central Asia. The valley is far wetter than any other part of Sinkiang and has rich grazing land. Kuldja has been a strategic centre since early times, being known

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