Definition of "Kuche"

Some oil continued to gurgle to the surface. In 1987, the government for Akesu district, which includes Kuche, complained to Xinjiang provincial authorities that oil from the wells threatened local drinking supplies.

2005 November 1, Peter S. Goodman, “Oil Investors Tapped Out Of Wells”, in The Washington Post‎, archived from the original on 23 March 2023‎