Toprak Kala

Toprak-Kala, in modern , , was an ancient palace city and the capital of Chorasmia in the 2nd/3rd century CE, where wall paintings, coins and archives were discovered.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: settlement
  • Also known as: “Topiraq Qala”, “Toprak Kale”, “Toprak-kala”, “Toprak-Kala”, “Toprakkala”, “Topraq qal’a”, “Topraq qala”, “Topraq Qalʼa”, and “Топрак-кала (городище)”

Toprak Kala

Latitude
41.9271° or 41° 55′ 38″ north
Longitude
60.82281° or 60° 49′ 22″ east
Open location code
8JH2WRGF+R4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 166029472
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q2443559
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Uzbek—“Toprak Kala” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Թոփրակ-կալա”
  • Chinese: “托普拉克堡”
  • Dutch: “Tuproqqalʼa”
  • Finnish: “Topıraq qala”
  • French: “Toprak-kala”
  • German: “Toprak Kala”
  • German: “Toprak-kala”
  • Hebrew: “טופראק-קאלה”
  • Hungarian: “Toprak-Kala”
  • Indonesian: “Toprak-Kala”
  • Irish: “Toprak-kala”
  • Italian: “Toprak-Kala”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Tapraq qala”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Topıraq qala”
  • Kazakh: “Топрак-қала”
  • Persian: “توپراق‌قلعه، خوارزم”
  • Polish: “Toprak-Kala”
  • Russian: “Топрак Кала”
  • Russian: “Топрак-кала”
  • Slovenian: “Toprak kala”
  • Tatar: “Топрак-Кала”
  • Uzbek: “Tuproqqalʼa”

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