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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 937 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KUCHAN , the See also:

capital of the See also:district, has suffered much from the effects of earthquakes, notably in 1875, 1894 and 1895. The last See also:earthquake laid the whole See also:town in ruins and caused considerable loss of See also:life. About 8000 of the survivors removed to a site 72 M. E. and there built a new town named Nasseriyeh after Nasr-ud-din Shah, but known better as Kuchan i jadid, i.e. New Kuchan, and about r000 remained in the ruined See also:city in See also:order to be near their vineyards and gardens. The See also:geographical position of the old town is 370 8' N., 58° 25' E., See also:elevation 4100 ft. The new town has been regularly laid out with broad streets and spacious bazaars, and, situated as it is See also:half-way between See also:Meshed and See also:Askabad on the See also:cart-road connecting those two places, has much See also:trade. Its See also:population is estimated at ro,000. There are See also:telegraph and See also:post offices.

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