Kunya-Urgench
Also known as Gourandj, Köneürgenç, Köneürgench, Konya-Urgench, Konye Urgench, Konye-Ourgentch, Konye-Urgench, Kounia-Ourguentch, Kounya Ourguentch, Kounya-ourguentch, Kounya-Ourguentch, Kuné-Ourghentch, Old Urgench, Urganj
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iii).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Turkmenistan
Inscribed
2005
List reference
1199
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Kunya-Urgench is about 25 km west of Khujayli. The nearest other World Heritage site is Itchan Kala, about 150 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Koneurgench · about 31,000 peopleat the site
- Khujayli · about 60,000 peopleabout 25 km east
- Nukus · about 230,000 peopleabout 40 km north-east
- Chimboy · about 37,000 peopleabout 85 km north-east
- Qunghirot · about 58,000 peopleabout 85 km north
- Daşoguz · about 201,000 peopleabout 85 km south-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
UzbekistanCultural145 km away
TurkmenistanCultural493 km away
UzbekistanCultural526 km away
TurkmenistanCultural579 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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