Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum
Also known as Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iii), (v).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Inscribed
2023
Area
670 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum is about 80 km south-east of Uroteppa. The nearest other World Heritage site is Proto-urban Site of Sarazm, about 180 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Uroteppa · about 157,000 peopleabout 80 km north-west
- Khujand · about 438,000 peopleabout 95 km north
- Konibodom · about 260,000 peopleabout 110 km north-east
- Dushanbe · about 1,086,000 peopleabout 130 km south-west
- Guliston · about 96,000 peopleabout 140 km north-west
- Olmaliq · about 121,000 peopleabout 160 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
TajikistanCultural182 km away
TajikistanCultural185 km away
UzbekistanCultural211 km away
TajikistanNatural224 km away
UzbekistanCultural232 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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