Zepu

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 澤普 / 泽普 (Zépǔ).

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Zepu

  1. Synonym of Poskam: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
    • 2009, Hasan H. Karrar, “Deepening Sino-Central Asian Cooperation, 1996-2001”, in The New Silk Road Diplomacy: China's Central Asian Foreign Policy since the Cold War (Contemporary Chinese Studies)‎, UBC Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 113:
      On October 24, 1999, terrorists were said to have attacked the police station in Saili Township, Zepu County, with guns, machetes, incendiary bombs, and grenades.
    • 2019, Dagikhudo Dagiev, Carole Faucher, editors, Identity, History and Trans-Nationality in Central Asia (Central Asian Studies Series)‎, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL:
      Poskam (Zepu) County is 30 km to the east of Yarkand and is the petroleum and natural gas producing hub of southern Xinjiang.

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References

  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Posgam”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1510, column 1