Xo‘jayli

Xojeli

Xojeli

City in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan

Xojeli, also Khodzheyli (Karakalpak: Xojeli/Хожели,[xoˈʒeli]; Russian: Ходжейли, romanized: Khodzheyli), is a city and seat of Xojeli District in Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan.[1] It lies 15 km southwest of Nukus, and 25 km northeast of Konye-Urgench (Turkmenistan). Its population is 67,800 (2016).[2] Xojeli has a railway station on the line from Atyrau (western Kazakhstan) to Tashkent.[3]

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There is an ancient city and archaelogical complex called Mizdarkhan, located northeast of Xojeli, which consists of several medieval and ancient archaeological sites as: underground Mausoleum of Nazlymhan Sulu, Mausoleum of Shamun Naby (a Sufi scholar), Medrese of Erezhep Halifa and Hill of Zhomart Kassap (ancient Zoroastrian dakhma).[citation needed] Nowadays, Mizdarkhan functions also as a graveyard and people in Karakalpakstan visit on pilgrimage.[citation needed]

References

  1. [1]
    "Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan" (in Uzbek and Russian). The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics. July 2020.
  2. [2]
    Soliyev, A.S. Shaharlar geografiyasi [Geography of cities] (PDF) (in Uzbek). p. 143.
  3. [3]
    Uzbekistan Railways timetable
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