ancient ruins
Sarazm
A 5,500-year-old proto-urban settlement excavated on the Zarafshan plain, with mudbrick temple and palace foundations under shelters. Tajikistan's oldest UNESCO site and rarely visited.
20 km · about 25 min drive
AsiaUzbekistanSamarqand Region
Urgut Shahri
Samarqand Region, Uzbekistan · Asia
About Urgut Shahri
Urgut Shahri is worth a stop: 30 minutes from Toyloq Qishlog’i, 20km from Sarazm.
Urgut Shahri is in Samarqand Region, Uzbekistan, with about 65,000 people. The nearest town is Toyloq Qishlog’i, about 25 km away.
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What is there to see near Urgut Shahri?
Within an hour or so of Urgut Shahri: Sarazm (20 km), Registan Square, Samarkand (36 km), Ulugh Beg Observatory (36 km).
Where is Urgut Shahri?
Urgut Shahri is in Samarqand Region, Uzbekistan, about 25 km from Toyloq Qishlog’i.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 65,300
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Uzbekistan
- Region
- Samarqand Region
- Timezone
- Asia/Samarkand
- Coordinates
- 39.4190, 67.2612
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Worth the detour from Urgut Shahri
3 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Registan Square, Samarkand
Three magnificent madrasas framing one of the most iconic public squares in the Islamic world along the ancient Silk Road.
36 km · about 40 min drive
museum
Ulugh Beg Observatory
The excavated arc of a giant 15th-century sextant, sunk in a trench in the hillside, with which Timur's astronomer grandson measured the year to within a minute.
36 km · about 40 min drive
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