Bakhchysarai
Bakhchysarai is in Crimea. Once the capital of the Crimean Tatar Khanate, it is undergoing a steady cultural rebirth since the Tatars were allowed to return from Uzbekistan in the early 1990s.Photo: Дмитрий Cкляренко, CC BY 3.0.
Photo: Dmottl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 26,200 residents
- Description: town in Crimea, Ukraine
- Also known as: “Bachashisarai”, “Bachischissarai”, “Bakhchesarai”, “Bakhchisarai”, “Bakhchisaray”, “Bakhchysaray”, and “Bakhehisaray”
- Postal codes: 98400-98408
Places of Interest
Highlights include Druzhba Stadium, Bakhchysarai and Orta Cami Mosque.
Orta Cami Mosque
Mosque
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Orta Cami Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Crimea. It is situated on the modern day Lenina Street in the old town of Bakhchysarai. It used to be the main Friday prayer mosque in the capital of Crimean Khanate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eski Yurt and Mostove.
Eski Yurt
Suburb
Photo: Oleksa Haiworonski, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eski Yurt is a historical settlement in South West Crimea, presently a historical quarter in the western part of Bakhchysarai. Its name derives from the Crimean Tatar language terms for "old settlement" or "old headquarter" and "felt tent".
Bakhchysarai
- Categories: city in Ukraine, city or town, and locality
- Location: Bakhchysaraiska Terytorialna Hromada, Bakhchysarai Raion, Crimea, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
44.7452° or 44° 44′ 43″ northLongitude
33.8487° or 33° 50′ 55″ eastPopulation
26,200Elevation
173 metres (568 feet)United Nations Location Code
UA BAPOpen location code
8GPMPRWX+3FOpenStreetMap ID
node 292995540OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Bakhchysarai” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Bahçisaraj”
- Albanian: “Bakhchysarai”
- Arabic: “باختشيساراي”
- Arabic: “باغجةسراي”
- Arabic: “باغجه سراي”
- Armenian: “Բախչիսարայ”
- Assamese: “বাখচিছাৰাই”
- Asturian: “Bajchisarái”
- Azerbaijani: “Bağçasaray”
- Bashkir: “Баҡсаһарай”
- Belarusian: “Бахчысарай”
- Bosnian: “Bahčisaraj”
- Bulgarian: “Бахчисарай”
- Catalan: “Bagchi-Sarai”
- Catalan: “Baghče Saray”
- Catalan: “Bakhci Saray”
- Catalan: “Bakhčisaray”
- Catalan: “Bakhtxisarai”
- Catalan: “Bakhtxisarài”
- Catalan: “Bakhtxissarai”
- Catalan: “Bakhtxysarai”
- Catalan: “Bakhtxysarài”
- Cebuano: “Bakhchysaray”
- Chinese: “巴赫奇萨赖”
- Chinese: “巴赫奇薩賴”
- Crimean Tatar: “Bağçasaray”
- Crimean Tatar: “Baɣča Saraj” (historical)
- Crimean Tatar: “Bahçesaray”
- Croatian: “Bahčisaraj”
- Czech: “Bachčisaraj”
- Danish: “Bakhtjisaraj”
- Dutch: “Bachtsjisaraj”
- Dutch: “Bachtsjysaraj”
- Eastern Mari: “Бахчисарай”
- Esperanto: “Baĥĉisarajo”
- Estonian: “Bagcasaray”
- Estonian: “Bağçasaray”
- Estonian: “Bahtšisarai”
- Estonian: “Bahtšõsarai”
- Finnish: “Bah’tšysarai”
- Finnish: “Bahtšisarai”
- French: “Bakhchisaray”
- French: “Bakhtchisaraï”
- French: “Bakhtchissaraï”
- French: “Bakhtchyssaraï”
- French: “Baktsisarai”
- French: “Balkhchisarai”
- Galician: “Bağçasaray”
- Georgian: “ბახჩისარაი”
- German: “Bachtschissarai”
- German: “Bachtschissaraj”
- German: “Bachtschysaraj”
- German: “Bachtschyssarai”
- German: “Bachtschyssaraj”
- German: “Bagcasaray”
- German: “Bağçasaray”
- Greek: “Μπακτσίσαραϊ”
- Greek: “Μπαχτσισαράι”
- Hebrew: “בחצ’יסאראי”
- Hindi: “बखचीसराय”
- Hungarian: “Bahcsiszaraj”
- Hungarian: “Bahcsiszeráj”
- Indonesian: “Bakhchysarai”
- Irish: “Bakhchysarai”
- Italian: “Bachčisaraj”
- Italian: “Bachčysaraj”
- Italian: “Bakcisaraj”
- Italian: “Bakhchisaray”
- Japanese: “バフチサライ”
- Kazakh: “Baqşasaraý”
- Kazakh: “Бақшасарай”
- Kazakh: “باقشاساراي”
- Kirghiz: “Бакча-Сарай”
- Korean: “바흐치사라이”
- Latin: “Baccasara”
- Latvian: “Baghčasaraja”
- Latvian: “Bahčisaraja”
- Lithuanian: “Bachčisarajus”
- Macedonian: “Бахчисарај”
- Maltese: “Bakhchisaray”
- Moksha: “Бахчысарай”
- Mongolian: “Бахчисарай”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bachtjisaraj”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bakhchisaray”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bakhtsjysaraj”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bağçasaray”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bahçesaray”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bakhtsjisaraj”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bakhtsjysaraj”
- Norwegian: “Bakhtsjysaraj”
- Persian: “باخچیسارای”
- Persian: “باغچهسرای”
- Polish: “Bachczysaraj”
- Polish: “Bachczyseraj”
- Polish: “Bakczysaraj”
- Pontic: “Μπακτσίσαραϊ”
- Portuguese: “Bajchisarai”
- Portuguese: “Bakhchisaray”
- Romanian: “Bahcesaray”
- Romanian: “Bahcisarai”
- Romanian: “Bakhchisaray”
- Russian: “Бахчисарай”
- Rusyn: “Bakhchysarai”
- Rusyn: “Bakhchysaray”
- Scots: “Bakhchysarai”
- Serbian: “Бахчисарај”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bahčisaraj”
- Slovak: “Bachčisaraj”
- Slovenian: “Bahčisaraj”
- South Azerbaijani: “باغچهسارای”
- Spanish: “Bajchisarai”
- Spanish: “Bajchisarái”
- Spanish: “Bajchysarái”
- Spanish: “Bakhchisaray”
- Swedish: “Bachtjisaraj” (historical)
- Swedish: “Bachtjysaraj”
- Swedish: “Bachtschisaraj”
- Swedish: “Bagcasaray”
- Swedish: “Bağçasaray”
- Swedish: “Baghchasaray”
- Swedish: “Bakhchisaray”
- Tajik: “Боғчасарой”
- Talysh: “Baxcisaraj”
- Tatar: “Baqçasaray”
- Tatar: “Бакчасарай”
- Telugu: “బఖ్చైసరాయ్”
- Thai: “บัคชือซารัย”
- Turkish: “Bahçesaray, Kırım”
- Turkish: “Bahçesaray”
- Udmurt: “Бахчисарай”
- Ukrainian: “Бахчисарай”
- Upper Sorbian: “Bachčisaraj”
- Upper Sorbian: “Bachčysaraj”
- Urdu: “باغچہ سرائے”
- Uzbek: “Boqchasaroy”
- Veps: “Bahčisarai”
- Vietnamese: “Bakhchisaray”
- Vietnamese: “Bakhchysaray”
- Walloon: “Baxhtchissaray”
- Western Panjabi: “باغچہ سرائے”
- Wu Chinese: “巴赫奇萨赖”
- Yue Chinese: “巴赫奇薩賴”
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