Shahrisabz
Шаҳрисабз | |
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City | |
.JPG)   _(6018370667).jpg)    Left: Statue of Amir Temur and heritage twin buildings in Ak-Saray Palace, Jahangir Mausoleum, Shahrisabz Kok-Gunbaz Mosque, Panoramic view of Shahrisabz, from Ak-Saray Palace
Right: Shahrisabz Ancient Chorsu, Shahrisabz Wall, Shahrisabz Mosque (all items were from above to bottom) | |
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| Coordinates: 39°03′N 66°50′E / 39.050°N 66.833°E | |
| Country | Uzbekistan |
| Region | Qashqadaryo Region |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
| • Total | 142,700 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 |
| Official name | Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz |
| Criteria | Cultural: (iii), (iv) |
| Designated | 2000 (24th session) |
| Reference no. | 885 |
| Endangered | 2016– |
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Shahrisabz[a] is a district-level city in Qashqadaryo Region in southern Uzbekistan.[2] The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) has selected Shakhrisabz as its tourism capital for 2024.[3]
It is located approximately 80 km south of Samarkand, at an elevation of 622 m. Its population is 140,500 as of 2021.[1] Historically known as Kesh or Kish, Shahrisabz was once a major city of Central Asia and was an important urban center of Sogdiana, a province of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia. It is primarily known today as the birthplace of 14th-century Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur.[4]
- ^ a b "Urban and rural population by district" (PDF) (in Uzbek). Qashqadaryo regional department of statistics.
- ^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan" (in Uzbek and Russian). The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics. July 2020.
- ^ "ECO declares Shakhrisabz as its tourism capital for 2024". Daryo.uz. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ Pickett, James (2018). "Written into Submission: Reassessing Sovereignty through a Forgotten Eurasian Dynasty". The American Historical Review. 123 (3): 819. doi:10.1093/ahr/123.3.817.
Now a provincial city in the modern state of Uzbekistan, Shahrisabz is remembered primarily as the birthplace of Timur—if it is remembered at all.
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