Shahrisabz

Shahrisabz
Шаҳрисабз
City
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)
Shahrisabz is located in Uzbekistan
Shahrisabz
Shahrisabz
Shahrisabz is located in West and Central Asia
Shahrisabz
Shahrisabz
Shahrisabz is located in Hindu-Kush
Shahrisabz
Shahrisabz
Coordinates: 39°03′N 66°50′E / 39.050°N 66.833°E / 39.050; 66.833
CountryUzbekistan
RegionQashqadaryo Region
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total
142,700
Time zoneUTC+5
Official nameHistoric Centre of Shakhrisyabz
CriteriaCultural: (iii), (iv)
Designated2000 (24th session)
Reference no.885
Endangered2016–
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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]

  1. ^ a b "Urban and rural population by district" (PDF) (in Uzbek). Qashqadaryo regional department of statistics.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "ECO declares Shakhrisabz as its tourism capital for 2024". Daryo.uz. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  4. ^ 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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