Khiva

Khiva is a city of 93,000 people in the western province of Khorezm in the Republic of . Along with and , Khiva is an important and often overlooked historical site on what was once the Great Silk Road.
  • Town with about 105,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 110 metres (360 feet)
  • Description: city in Uzbekistan
  • Also known as
    “Chiva”
    “Xiva”

Places of Interest

Discover Itchan Kala and Kalta Minor Minaret.
is the walled inner town of the city of Khiva, .
Kaltaminor is a memorial minaret in Khiva.
City gate
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Latitude
41.3775° or 41° 22′ 39″ north
Longitude
60.3635° or 60° 21′ 48″ east
Open location code
8JH299H7+29
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = town
Geo­Names ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Khiva” goes by many names.
خيوةArabic
مدينة خوارزمArabic
ԽիվաArmenian
KhivaAsturian
XivəAzerbaijani
ХиуаBashkir
Itchan KalaBasque
KhivaBasque
ХіваBelarusian
ХиваBulgarian
KhivàCatalan
KhivehCatalan
KhiwaCatalan
KhorezmCatalan
ХivаCatalan
ХиваCatalan
KhiwaCebuano
ХиваChechen
希瓦Chinese
HivaCrimean Tatar
ChivaCzech
KhivaDanish
KhivehDimli (individual language)
ChivehDutch
ChiwaDutch
KhivaDutch
XivaDutch
ХиваEastern Mari
خيوهEgyptian Arabic
ĤivaEsperanto
ĤivoEsperanto
HiivaEstonian
HivaEstonian
XivaEstonian
HivaFinnish
KhivaFinnish
KhivaGalician
ხივაGeorgian
ΧίβαGreek
חיווה‎Hebrew
ख़ीवाHindi
HivaHungarian
KhivaHungarian
XivaHungarian
KhivaIndonesian
Khiva (kota)Indonesian
KhivaIrish
KhivaItalian
ヒヴァJapanese
ಖೀವKannada
XivaKara-Kalpak
XiywaKara-Kalpak
XïwaKazakh
ХиуаKazakh
حىيۋاKazakh
KhivaKikuyu
ХиваKirghiz
KhivaKomering
시바Korean
치바Korean
히바Korean
ChivaLatin
HivaLatvian
ChivaLithuanian
KhivaMadurese
KhivaMalay
KhivaMaltese
XivaMaltese
ХиваMongolian
KhivaNorwegian
KhivaNorwegian Bokmål
ХиваOssetian
ਖ਼ੀਵਾPanjabi
خیوقPersian
خیوهPersian
ChiwaPolish
ХейвакRussian
ХиваRussian
KhivaScots
ХиваSerbian
ChivaSlovak
HivaSlovenian
خیوهSouth Azerbaijani
ChivaSwedish
ChiwaSwedish
KhivaSwedish
KovaresmSwedish
XivaSwedish
ХеваTajik
XivəTalysh
ХиваTatar
ХивәTatar
ฆีวาThai
HiveTurkish
HywaTurkmen
ХіваUkrainian
XivaUpper Sorbian
خیواUrdu
خیوہUrdu
XivaUzbek
Xiva / ХиваUzbek
ХиваUzbek
KhivaVietnamese
KhivaWaray (Philippines)
ԽիվաWestern Armenian
خیواWestern Panjabi
希瓦(乌兹别克斯坦)Wu Chinese

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