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KUCHA

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 937 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KUCHA  .N, a fertile and populous

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district of the
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province
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Khorasan in
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Persia, bounded N. by the
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Russian Transcaspian territory, W. by Bujnurd, S. by Isfarain, and extending in the E. to near Radkan . Its
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area is about 3000 sq. m. and its
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population, principally composed of Zafaranlu Kurds, descendants of tribes settled there by Shah Abbas I. in the 17th
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century, is estimated at roo,000 . About 3000 families are nomads and live in tents . The district produces much
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grain, 25,000 to 30,000 tons yearly, and contains two towns,
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Kuchan and
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Shirvan (pop . 6000), and many villages .

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