Zarafshan

Zarafshan is a railway station in Uzbekistan. Zarafshan is situated nearby to the bus station Samarkand, as well as near the neighborhood Jewish mahalla.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ulughbek Observatory and Prophet Daniel Mausoleum.

Ulughbek Observatory

Observatory

Photo: PetarM, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Ulugh Beg Observatory is an observatory in modern day Samarkand, Uzbekistan, which was built in the 1420s by the Timurid astronomer Ulugh Beg. This school of astronomy was constructed under the Timurid Empire, and was the last of its kind from the Islamic Medieval period. Ulughbek Observatory is situated 2½ km south of Zarafshan.

Prophet Daniel Mausoleum

Place of worship

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Khoja Doniyor mausoleum is an architectural monument in Samarkand. It is located in the east side of the Afrosiyab fortress along the Siyob stream. It was built on the grave of Wali Khoja Doniyor. Prophet Daniel Mausoleum is situated 3 km southwest of Zarafshan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jewish mahalla and Samarkand.

Jewish mahalla

Neighborhood

Photo: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Jewish mahalla is a neighborhood, which is situated 5 km southwest of Zarafshan.

Samarkand

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Samarkand is the city that is the bejewelled crown of the Silk Road, a rhapsody of ornate Islamic architecture with turquoise domes and soaring tiled minarets.

Zarafshan

Type: Railway station
Also known as: “Zarafshon”
Categories: station and transportation
Location: Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude

39.69618° or 39° 41′ 46″ north

Longitude

67.01379° or 67° 0′ 50″ east

Open location code

8JF9M2W7+FG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8335804652

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

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In Other Languages

“Zarafshan” goes by many names.

Russian: “Зарафшан”

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