Khiva
Khiva is a town in Uzbekistan and has about 95,200 residents. Khiva is situated nearby to the village Гулшан, as well as near the neighborhood Buzxana.Places of Interest
Highlights include Itchan Kala and Kalta Minor Minaret.
Itchan Kala
Museum
Photo: Doron, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Itchan Kala is the walled inner town of the city of Khiva, Uzbekistan. Since 1990, it has been protected as a World Heritage Site. The old town retains more than 50 historic monuments and 250 old houses, dating primarily from the eighteenth or nineteenth centuries.
Kalta Minor Minaret
Aa Darvoza (West Gate)
City gate
Photo: PetarM, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ota Gate is the western gate of the Itchan Kala, in the walled inner town of the city of Khiva, Uzbekistan. It was built during the reign of Olloqulixon in 1828-29 and is also known as the Shermuhammad Gate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khiva.
Khiva
Photo: Euyasik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Khiva is a city of 93,000 people in the western province of Khorezm in the Republic of Uzbekistan. Along with Samarkand and Bukhara, Khiva is an important and often overlooked historical site on what was once the Great Silk Road.
Khiva
- Type: Town with 95,200 residents
- Also known as: “Xiva”
- Categories: residential area and locality
- Location: Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
41.39427° or 41° 23′ 39″ northLongitude
60.35116° or 60° 21′ 4″ eastPopulation
95,200Open location code
8JH299V2+PFOpenStreetMap ID
way 110260748OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Japanese to Russian—“Khiva” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “ヒヴァ”
- Russian: “Хива”
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