Baghchi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Uyghur باغچى (baghchi).

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Baghchi

  1. A town in Hotan County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • 2006, China Rights Forum[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12:
      A 34-year-old from Hotan, arrested in Baghchi and deprived of political rights for 4 years
    • 2015 March 23, Roseanne Gerin, Shohret Hoshur, “Police Raids Yield No Clues About Kidnapped Uyghur Village Police Chief”, in Shohret Hoshur, transl., Radio Free Asia[2], archived from the original on 24 March 2015:
      Imin Memtimin, 41, who has played an active role in police operations in Sadiqawat village of Baghchi township[sic – meaning town] in Hotan county, was kidnapped from his home on the morning of March 9.
    • 2021 December 14, “The So Called “Forced Labor” Constitutes a Shameless Slander”, in Sayyara, editor, Tianshannet[3], archived from the original on 20 February 2022:
      A survey in three villages of Baghchi Town, Hotan County, Hotan Prefecture counted a total population of 5307 and a labor force of 1,699, among which 1,493 are willing to work outside voluntarily, accounting for 88 percent of the total labor force.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Baghchi.

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