Vobkent

Vobkent is a city in the of and the capital of . It is famous for a constructed in 1196–1198, under the reign of Ala ad-Din Tekish.
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  • Type: City with 16,600 residents
  • Description: town in the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan
  • Also known as: “Vabkend” and “Vabkent”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vabkent minaret.

Mosque
Photo: Bobyrr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Vobkent Minaret is a historical monument in the city of Vobkent, in the region. It was built in 1198 by Abdulaziz Sadr, a ruler of the Qarakhanid dynasty. It is currently listed in the national register of immovable cultural heritage of .

Vobkent

Latitude
40.02118° or 40° 1′ 16″ north
Longitude
64.51813° or 64° 31′ 5″ east
Population
16,600
Elevation
237 metres (778 feet)
Open location code
8JG62GC9+F7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1985540962
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1512423
Wiki­data ID
Q500641
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Satellite Map

Discover Vobkent from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Vobkent” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فوبقند”
  • Arabic: “وابكند”
  • Asturian: “Vabkent”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vabkənd”
  • Bulgarian: “Вабкент”
  • Cebuano: “Wobkent”
  • Chinese: “沃布肯特”
  • Dutch: “Vabkent”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فوبقند”
  • Finnish: “Vobkent”
  • French: “Vobkent”
  • German: “Vabkent”
  • German: “Vobkent”
  • German: “Wabkent”
  • Hindi: “वाबकंद”
  • Hungarian: “Vabkent”
  • Italian: “Vobkent”
  • Japanese: “ヴァブケント”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Vabkent”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Vobkent”
  • Kazakh: “Вабкент”
  • Kazakh: “Уәбкент”
  • Kikuyu: “Vobkent”
  • Lithuanian: “Vabkentas”
  • Persian: “وابکند”
  • Persian: “وبکنت”
  • Polish: “Vabkent”
  • Polish: “Vobkent”
  • Polish: “Wabkent”
  • Russian: “Вабкент”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وابکند”
  • Spanish: “Vobkent”
  • Tajik: “Вобканд”
  • Tatar: “Вабкәнт”
  • Turkish: “Vabkent”
  • Ukrainian: “Вабкент”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Vobkent”
  • Urdu: “وابقند”
  • Urdu: “ووبقند”
  • Uzbek: “Vobkent / Вобкент”
  • Uzbek: “Vobkent Shahri”
  • Uzbek: “Vobkent”
  • Western Panjabi: “وابقند”

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