Urgench
Urgench is a city in Khorezm, in Uzbekistan. It is a relatively new city, founded under the Russian Empire in the 19th century. An older city called Urgench was abandoned in the 18th century when a shift in a river course cut off its water supply.
- City with about 150,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 90 metres (300 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code UGC
- …was formerly known as “Гургандж”
- Description: city in Uzbekistan
- Postal code: 220100
- Also known as“Novo-Urgench”“Urganch”“Yrgench”
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Urgench
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Latitude
41.5518° or 41° 33′ 6″ north
Longitude
60.6313° or 60° 37′ 53″ east
UN/LOCODE
UZ UGC
Open location code
8JH2HJ2J+PG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Urgench” goes by many names.
ኡርጌንችAmharic
أورجينجArabic
أورقنجArabic
اورگنچArabic
جرجانيةArabic
ՈւրգենչArmenian
UrgenchAsturian
ÜrgençAzerbaijani
ГүргәнжBashkir
ҮргәнесBashkir
УргенчBelarusian
উর্গেঞ্চBengali
УргенчBulgarian
UrganchCatalan
UrgenchCatalan
UrganchCebuano
乌尔根奇Chinese
烏爾根奇Chinese
UrgençCrimean Tatar
UrgenčCzech
UrgentjDanish
UrganchDutch
УргенчEastern Mari
جرجانيهEgyptian Arabic
UrgenĉoEsperanto
UrganchEstonian
UrganchFinnish
UrganchGalician
Urgench - UrganchGalician
ურგენჩიGeorgian
ΟύργκεντςGreek
ઉરજેંચGujarati
UrgenchHausa
אורגנץ‘Hebrew
उरगेन्चHindi
उर्गेंचHindi
गुरगंजHindi
UrganchHungarian
UrgenchIndonesian
UrgenchIrish
UrgenchItalian
ウルゲンチJapanese
UrgenchJavanese
ಉರ್ಜೆಂಛ್Kannada
ÚrgenishKara-Kalpak
ÚrgenshKara-Kalpak
ҮРГЕНІШKazakh
ҮргеншKazakh
UrgenchKikuyu
УрганчKirghiz
ҮргөнчKirghiz
우르겐치Korean
UrgančaLatvian
UrgenčasLithuanian
УргенчMacedonian
UrgenchMalay
उरगेंचMarathi
UrgentschNorthern Frisian
UrgenchNorwegian
UrgenchNorwegian Bokmål
UrgenchOromo
УргенчOssetian
ਉਰੁਗੇਂਚPanjabi
ارجنجPersian
گرگانجPersian
UrgenczPolish
ارجنچPushto
UrghenciRomanian
УргенчRussian
උර්ගෙන්ච්Sinhala
UrgenčSlovak
UrgenčSlovenian
UrgenchSomali
اورگنجSouth Azerbaijani
UrgenchSwahili
UrgentjSwedish
УрганҷTajik
УргунҷTajik
ஊர்ஜென்ச்Tamil
УрганчTatar
ҮргәнечTatar
అర్జెంచ్Telugu
เออร์เกนช์Thai
ÜrgençTurkish
УргенчUkrainian
UrganchUpper Sorbian
ارجنچUrdu
گرکانجUrdu
UrganchUzbek
UrgenchVenetian
UrgenchVietnamese
UrgenchWaray (Philippines)
UrgenchWelsh
اورگنجWestern Panjabi
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