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Sulaiman-Too
A five-peaked limestone crag rising straight out of Osh, a pilgrimage mountain for millennia with petroglyphs, cave shrines and a museum bored into its flank.
51 km · about 60 min drive
AsiaKyrgyzstanOsh Region
Uzgen
Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan · Asia
About Uzgen
Uzgen sits on the route: 30 minutes from Sultonobod, 51km from Sulaiman-Too.
Uzgen is in Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan, with about 49,000 people. The nearest town is Sultonobod, about 27 km away.
The Uzgen Minaret also spelled as Özgön Minar or Uzgend Minaret is an 11th-century minaret tower located in Uzgen, Kyrgyzstan. It forms part of the ancient ruins in Uzgen along with three well preserved mausoleums located nearby. Uzgen Minaret is a 27.5 metres (90 feet) tall tapering tower, with an 8.5 metres (28Read more
feet) base diameter, reducing to 6.2 metres (20 feet) at the top.
Built with bricks, the Uzgen minaret's architecture consist of three distinctive parts. It has a 5 metres (16 feet) high octahedron shaped lower part and a tapering cylindrical middle part, similar to the Burana Tower in northern Kyrgyzstan. The upper part with arched windows and a cupola is a relatively recent addition, built in 1923 to 1924.
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Within an hour or so of Uzgen: Sulaiman-Too (51 km).
Where is Uzgen?
Uzgen is in Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan, about 27 km from Sultonobod.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 49,410
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
- Region
- Osh Region
- Timezone
- Asia/Bishkek
- Coordinates
- 40.7699, 73.3007
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