Türkistan

Türkistan is a city in , and has about 228,000 residents. Türkistan is situated nearby to the quarter , as well as near .
  • Type: City with 228,000 residents
  • Also known as: “Hazrat-e Turkestan, Yassy” and “Turkistan”
  • Address: Түркістан Қ.Ә.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mausoleum of Khawaja Ahmed Yasawi and Azret-Sultan.

Museum
Photo: Yuriy75, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a mausoleum in the city of , in southern . The structure was commissioned in 1389 by Timur, who ruled the area as part of the expansive Timurid Empire, to replace a smaller 12th-century mausoleum of the famous Turkic poet and Sufi mystic, Khoja Ahmed Yasawi.

Museum
Photo: upyernoz, CC BY 2.0.
is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Turkestan.

Photo: Yuriy75, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Turkistan is a small but ancient city in the . There are many historical sights in this relatively well preserved, 1600-year-old city.

Türkistan

Latitude
43.30195° or 43° 18′ 7″ north
Longitude
68.27037° or 68° 16′ 13″ east
Population
228,000
Elevation
215 metres (705 feet)
Open location code
8JMC872C+Q4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 214887132
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
13427788
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Türkistan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تركستان”
  • Basque: “Turkestan”
  • Catalan: “Turquestan”
  • Chinese: “突厥斯坦”
  • Czech: “Turkestán”
  • Dutch: “Türkistan”
  • Finnish: “Türkistan”
  • French: “Turkestan”
  • Georgian: “თურქესტანი”
  • German: “Türkistan”
  • Greek: “Τουρκιστάν”
  • Hebrew: “טורקיסטן”
  • Hindi: “तुर्किस्तान”
  • Hungarian: “Türkisztán”
  • Italian: “Turkistan”
  • Japanese: “テュルキスタン”
  • Kazakh: “Türkistan”
  • Kazakh: “Түркістан”
  • Korean: “투르키스탄”
  • Lithuanian: “Turkistanas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Turkestan”
  • Polish: “Turkiestan”
  • Portuguese: “Turquestão”
  • Romanian: “Turkistan”
  • Russian: “Туркестан”
  • Serbian: “Туркестан”
  • Spanish: “Turkestan”
  • Swedish: “Türkistan”
  • Tatar: “Төркистан”
  • Ukrainian: “Туркестан”

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