Meanings
- A township in Karakax, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
The head of Urchi township in Hotan’s Qaraqash (Moyu) county said she had heard “about a month ago” that a burial management center had been constructed and would be “opening soon.”
2018 April 19, Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes, “Xinjiang Authorities Use ‘Burial Management Centers’ to Subvert Uyghur Funeral Traditions”, in Alim Seytoff, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 19 Apr 20181 more example
Abduheber Ahmet, the imam of the Dongbagh Mosque in Urchi township, in Hotan’s Qaraqash (Moyu) county, was initially detained in May 2017 and handed a five and a half-year jail term a month later, the ruling Chinese Communist Party secretary of Urchi township told RFA’s Uyghur Service.
2018 May 10, Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes, “Xinjiang Authorities Jail Uyghur Imam Who Took Son to Unsanctioned Religious School”, in Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 10 May 2018
Origin
- Uyghurئۇرچى
- EnglishUrchi
Borrowed from Uyghur ئۇرچى (urchi).
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Chinese Mandarin 烏爾其 /乌尔其
- 烏爾其 /乌尔其 (Wū'ěrqí)township in Karakax, Hotan, Xinjiang, China
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Urchi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Urchi
“Urchi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Urchi. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Urchi,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Urchi.
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