Otrar

Otrar or Otyrar, also called Farab, is a ghost town in southern which was once a settlement located on the Silk Road. It was an important town in the history of , situated on the borders of settled and agricultural civilizations.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: Archaeological site in South Kazakhstan
  • Also known as: “Farab”, “Otırar Töbe”, “Otrartobe”, and “Otyrar”

Otrar

Latitude
42.85247° or 42° 51′ 9″ north
Longitude
68.30267° or 68° 18′ 10″ east
Elevation
193 metres (633 feet)
Height
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
8JJCV823+X3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 138207087
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
1520295
Wiki­data ID
Q956911
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Otrar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فاراب”
  • Armenian: “Օտրար”
  • Asturian: “Otrar”
  • Azerbaijani: “Otrar”
  • Belarusian: “Атрар”
  • Bulgarian: “Отрар”
  • Catalan: “Otrar”
  • Catalan: “Turarband”
  • Catalan: “Utrar”
  • Chinese: “訛答刺”
  • Chinese: “訛答剌”
  • Chinese: “讹答剌”
  • Czech: “Otrar”
  • Dutch: “Otrar”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فاراب”
  • Esperanto: “Otrar”
  • French: “Farab”
  • French: “Otrar”
  • French: “Uṭrâr”
  • Georgian: “ოტრარი”
  • German: “Farab”
  • German: “Otrar”
  • German: “Tarban”
  • German: “Turar”
  • German: “Tutarband”
  • German: “Utrar”
  • Gilaki: “اؤترار”
  • Hebrew: “אוטראר”
  • Hebrew: “פאראב”
  • Hungarian: “Otrar”
  • Indonesian: “Otrar”
  • Interlingua: “Otrar”
  • Irish: “Otrar”
  • Italian: “Otrar”
  • Japanese: “オトラル”
  • Kazakh: “Otırar”
  • Kazakh: “Otrar”
  • Kazakh: “Otyrar”
  • Kazakh: “Отырар”
  • Kazakh: “Фараб”
  • Kazakh: “وتىرار”
  • Kirghiz: “Отрар”
  • Mazanderani: “فاراب”
  • Persian: “اترار”
  • Persian: “فاراب”
  • Polish: “Farab”
  • Polish: “Otrar”
  • Portuguese: “Otrar”
  • Romanian: “Otrar”
  • Russian: “Отрар”
  • Russian: “Отрарский оазис”
  • Russian: “Отырар Тобе”
  • Russian: “Тарбан”
  • Russian: “Фараб”
  • Slovenian: “Otrar”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اوترار”
  • Spanish: “Farab”
  • Spanish: “Otrar”
  • Spanish: “Otrār”
  • Spanish: “Utrar”
  • Swedish: “Otrar”
  • Tajik: “Утрор”
  • Tajik: “Фороб”
  • Tamil: “ஒற்றார்”
  • Turkish: “Farab”
  • Turkish: “Otrar”
  • Ukrainian: “Отрар”
  • Urdu: “فاراب”
  • Uzbek: “Oʻtror”

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