What is "kucha"

Kucha or Kuche (also: Kuçar, Kuchar; , ; also romanized as Qiuzi, Qiuci, Chiu-tzu, Kiu-che, Kuei-tzu, Guizi from ; ) was an ancient Buddhist kingdom located on the branch of the Silk Road that ran along the northern edge of the Taklamakan Desert in the Tarim Basin and south of the Muzat River.

The area lies in present-day Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang, China; Kuqa town is the county seat of that prefecture's Kuqa County. Its population was given as 74,632 in 1990.

Kucha is one of the woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Gamo Gofa Zone, Kucha is bordered on the south by Dita and Deramalo, on the southwest by Zala, on the west by Demba Gofa, on the northwest by the Dawro Zone, on the north by the Wolayita Zone, on the east by Boreda, and on the southeast by Chencha. The major town in Kucha is Selamber.