Urganch (Uzbekistan)
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Name (Hebrew)
אורגאנץ' (אוזבקיסטן)
Name (Latin)
Urganch (Uzbekistan)
Other forms of name
Novo-Urgench (Uzbekistan)
Yrgench (Uzbekistan)
nne Urgench (Uzbek S.S.R.)
Urgench (Uzbekistan)
Coordinates
60.6249 60.6249 41.5345 41.5345 (gooearth )
Associated country
Uzbekistan
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Soviet Union. Glavnoe upravlenie geodezii i kartografii. Khorezmskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, turistskai︠a︡ skhema, 1981 (subj.)map recto (Urgench, in Khorezmskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Uzbekistan)
- BGN, 12/8/82(Urgench, PPL, 41p0s33ʹN 60p0s38ʹE; variants: Novo-Urgench, Urganch, Yrgench)
- Geographic and global issues quarterly, autumn 1993, v. 3, no. 3, "Selected city name changes in the former Sov. Union":(for Uzbekistan: old name: Urgench; new name: Urganch)
Wikipedia description:
Urgench (Uzbek: Urganch/Урганч/اورگنج, pronounced [urɡæntʃ]; Russian: Ургенч, romanized: Urgench; Persian: گرگانج, romanized: Gorgânj) is a district-level city in western Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Xorazm Region. The estimated population of Urgench in 2021 was 145,000, an increase from 139,100 in 1999. It lies on the Amu Darya River and the Shavat canal. The city is situated 450 km (280 mi) west of Bukhara across the Kyzylkum Desert.
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