Bactria

Summary

Bactria is a region^[1]. Bactria ranks in the top 4% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,489 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Bactria is in the country of Afghanistan^[3].
• Bactria is in the country of Tajikistan^[4].
• Bactria is in the country of Uzbekistan^[5].
• Bactria is in the country of Turkmenistan^[6].
• Bactria's image is recorded as Bactria-320BCE.png^[7].
• Bactria's continent is recorded as Asia^[8].
• Bactria's instance of is recorded as region^[9].
• Bactria's instance of is recorded as historical region^[10].
• Bactria's capital is recorded as Balkh^[11].
• Bactria's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 239863610^[12].
• Bactria's GND ID is recorded as 4004308-3^[13].
• Bactria's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00576994^[14].
• Bactria's Commons category is recorded as Bactria^[15].
• Bactria's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.758056, 'lon': 66.898889}^[16].
• Bactria's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cbjw^[17].
• Bactria's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge550844^[18].
• Bactria's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Central Asia^[19].
• Bactria's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bactria^[20].
• Bactria's page banner is recorded as WV Bactria Banner.jpg^[21].
• Bactria's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX457541^[22].
• Bactria's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300018294^[23].
• Bactria's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0006572^[24].
• Bactria's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[25].
• Bactria's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[26].
• Bactria's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[27].

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Geography

Country listings include Afghanistan^[3], a sovereign state^[28], in Afghanistan^[29], founded in 1709^[30]; Tajikistan^[4], a sovereign state^[31], in Tajikistan^[32], founded in 1991^[33]; Uzbekistan^[5], a sovereign state^[34], in Uzbekistan^[35], founded in 1991^[36]; and Turkmenistan^[6], a sovereign state^[37], in Turkmenistan^[38], founded in 1991^[39]. Bactria's continent is recorded as Asia^[8].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include region^[9] and historical region^[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Bactria include Camelus bactrianus^[40], a taxon^[41] and Bactrian^[42], a language^[43], in Bactria^[44].

Why It Matters

Bactria ranks in the top 4% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,489 views/month).^[2] Bactria has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[45] Bactria is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[46]

Entities named for Bactria include Camelus bactrianus^[40], a taxon^[41] and Bactrian^[42], a language^[43], in Bactria^[44].