List of World Heritage Sites in Uzbekistan
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO
) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Below is the list and the tentative list of sites in Uzbekistan
.(For the criteria see the Selection criteria)
are submission dates)
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Below is the list and the tentative list of sites in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
.(For the criteria see the Selection criteria)
| Name | Date of Inscription | Criteria | Province | Image |
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| Historic Centre of Bukhara Bukhara Bukhara , from the Soghdian βuxārak , is the capital of the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan. The nation's fifth-largest city, it has a population of 263,400 . The region around Bukhara has been inhabited for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half that time... |
1993 | II,IV,VI | Province of Bukhara | |
| Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz | 2000 | III,IV | Province of Kashkadarya Qashqadaryo Province Qashqadaryo Province , is a viloyat of Uzbekistan, located in the southern part of the country in the basin of the Qashqadaryo River and the western slopes of the Pamir Mountains. It borders with Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan, Samarqand Province, Buxoro Province and Surxondaryo Province. It covers... |
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| Itchan Kala Itchan Kala Itchan Kala is the walled inner town of the city of Khiva, Uzbekistan. Since 1990, it has been protected as the World Heritage Site.The old town retains more than 50 historic monuments and 250 old houses, dating primarily from the eighteenth or nineteenth centuries... (Khiva) |
1990 | III,IV,V | Province of Khorezm Xorazm Province Xorazm Province or Khorezm Province as it is still more commonly known, is a viloyat of Uzbekistan located in the northwest of the country in the lower reaches of the Amu-Darya River. It borders with Turkmenistan, Karakalpakstan, and Buxoro Province. It covers an area of 6,300 km²... |
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| Samarkand – Crossroads of Cultures Samarkand Although a Persian-speaking region, it was not united politically with Iran most of the times between the disintegration of the Seleucid Empire and the Arab conquest . In the 6th century it was within the domain of the Turkic kingdom of the Göktürks.At the start of the 8th century Samarkand came... |
2001 | I,II,IV | Province of Samarkand Samarqand Province Samarqand Province is a viloyat of Uzbekistan located in the center of the country in the basin of Zarafshan River. It borders with Tajikstan, Navoiy Province, Jizzakh Province and Qashqadaryo Province. It covers an area of 16,400 km²... |
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Tentative list
The properties submitted on the Tentative List are as follows. (The dates shown in pranthesisare submission dates)
- Sheikh Mukhtar-Vali ComplexSheikh Mukhtar-Vali ComplexThe Sheikh Mukhtar-Vali Complex is a mausoleum located in the town of Khiva, Uzbekistan. It was erected in the 16th century, above the grave of Sheikh Mukhtar-Vali.This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on 1/6/1996....
(mausoleum) (1996) - KhanbandiKhanbandiThe Khanbandi dam is located in the Zarafshan river basin of Uzbekistan, and is on the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage sites.-Site description:...
(dam) (1996) - Ak Astana-BabaAk Astana-BabaAk Astana-Baba is a mausoleum that is located in the Surxondaryo Province of Uzbekistan The mausoleum is being considered for inscription as a UNESCO World Heritage site.- Site Description :...
(mausoleum) (1996) - Mountains of the Western Tian ShanTian ShanThe Tian Shan , also spelled Tien Shan, is a large mountain system located in Central Asia. The highest peak in the Tian Shan is Victory Peak , ....
(Transboundary nomination of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan) “Chatkal Sate Biosphere Reserve” (2008) - Kanka (2008)
- ShahruhiyaShahruhiyaShahruhiya is a site of ancient settlement located 88 km to the southwest of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on the right coast of Syrdarya River. It is the first large city of the Tashkent oases, situated on the Great Silk Road through Yaksart...
(2008) - Abdulkhan Bandi DamAbdulkhan Bandi DamThe site of Abdulkhan Bandi Dam is located in Jizzakh Region, Forish District, Uzbekistan. The dam was apparently built in the middle ages by Akhmadali Nayman atalik and served as an important milestone for Central Asian hydroengineering....
(2008) - Zaamin MountainsZaamin National ParkZaamin National Park is the oldest nature preserve in Uzbekistan, created in 1926 as Guralash Nature Preserve on the northern slopes of the western part of Turkestan Range, in the valleys of the rivers Kulsoy, Guralash, Baikungur, and Aldashmansoy. Total area 156 square kilometres...
(2008) - Arab-Ata MausoleumArab-Ata Mausoleum- Site Description :Built on top of a tepa, or triangular-shaped hill, in the 10th Century, the mausoleum fills an important gap in understanding the evolution of mausoleum architecture in Central Asia.- World Heritage Status :...
(2008) - Historic Centre of Qoqon (2008)
- Shokhimardon (2008)
- AhsiketAhsiketA site of ancient settlement, Ahsiket is located on the right branch of the Sirdarya River in the Turakargan district of the Namangan region of Uzbekistan. It is currently under consideration for inscription as a UNESCO World Heritage site....
(2008) - Ancient Pap (2008)
- Gissar MountainsGissar RangeGissar Range is a mountain range in Central Asia, in the western part of the Pamir-Alay system, stretching over 200 km in the general east-west direction across the territory of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan...
(2008) - Andijon (2008)
- Siypantosh Rock PaintingsSiypantosh Rock PaintingsThe Siypantosh Rock Paintings are located throughout the southwestern portion of the Zarafshan mountains, Kashkadarya Region, Uzbekistan.-Site description:The rock paintings are situated on the concave rock faces of granite-diorite outcrops...
(2008) - Ancient TermizTermezTermez is a city in southern Uzbekistan near the border with Afghanistan.Some link the name of the city to thermos, "hot" in Greek, tracing its name back to Alexander the Great. Others suggest that it came from Sanskrit taramato, meaning "on the river bank". It is the hottest point of Uzbekistan...
(2008) - Zarautsoy Rock PaintingsZarautsoy Rock PaintingsThe Zarautsoy gallery of rock art contains the oldest petroglyphs in Central Asia. The images describe primitive man’s everyday life, and bull and wild goat hunting...
(2008) - BoysunBoysunThe Boysun territory is located on the ridge of Boysuntog - the southwest spur of the Gissar Mountains in the district of Boysun, Uzbekistan. The sites of Boysun, which is under consideration for inscription as a UNESCO World Heritageg site, are both cultural and natural...
(2008) - PoykentPoykentPoykent, an ancient city in Uzbekistan, is located in the lower stream of Zarafshan River and was one of the largest cities of the oasis. The city consisted of a citadel, two settlements, and a rabod...
(2008) - Varakhsha (2008)
- Chashma-Ayub MausoleumChashma-Ayub MausoleumChashma-Ayub Mausoleum is located near the Samani Mausoleum, in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Its name means Job's well, due to the legend in which Job visited this place and made a well by striking the ground with his staff. The water of this well is still pure and is considered healing...
(2008) - Chor-BakrChor-BakrThe memorial complex of Chor-Bakr was built over the ostensible burial place of Abu-Bakr-Said, who died in the year 360 of the Muslim Calendar , and who was one of the four of Abu-Bakrs - descendants of the Prophet Muhammad...
(2008) - Bahoutdin Architectural Complex (2008)
- SarmishsaySarmishsayThe Sarmish Gorge is located on the southern slopes of the Karatau mountain range, 30-40 km to the north-east of the city of Navoi in Uzbekistan. The mountain range of the Karatau is considered to be one of the western spurs of the Turkestan Mountain Ridge of the Western Tien Shan...
(2008) - Rabati Malik CaravanseraiRabati Malik CaravanseraiRabati Malik is a caravanserai in Uzbekistan which was constructed according to the orders of Karakhanid Shams-al-Mulk Nasr, son of Tamgachkhan Ibragim, who ruled in Samarkand from 1068 until 1080.-Site Description:...
(2008) - Mir-Sayid Bakhrom MausoleumMir-Sayid Bakhrom MausoleumMir-Sayid Bakhrom Mausoleum is a mausoleum in Karman, Uzbekistan. Mir-Sayid Bakhrom has features similar to the Samanid Mausoleum in Bukhara, Arab-Ata, in the Samarkand region, and to the mausoleum of Oq Ostona Bobo in the Surkhandarya region.- World Heritage Status :This site was added to the...
(2008) - Khazarasp (2008)
- Desert Castles of Ancient KhorezmKhwarezmKhwarezm, or Chorasmia, is a large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia, which borders to the north the Aral Sea, to the east the Kyzylkum desert, to the south the Karakum desert and to the west the Ustyurt Plateau...
(2008) - MinaretMinaretA minaret مناره , sometimes مئذنه) is a distinctive architectural feature of Islamic mosques, generally a tall spire with an onion-shaped or conical crown, usually either free standing or taller than any associated support structure. The basic form of a minaret includes a base, shaft, and gallery....
in Vobkent (2008) - Silk RoadSilk RoadThe Silk Road or Silk Route refers to a historical network of interlinking trade routes across the Afro-Eurasian landmass that connected East, South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean and European world, as well as parts of North and East Africa...
Sites in Uzbekistan (2010)