Itchan Kala
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 18th or 19th centuries.
- Museum
- Description: World Heritage Site in Khiva, Uzbekistan
- Also known as“Ichan Kala”“Ichan-Qala”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kalta Minor Minaret and Friday Mosque (Juma Mosque).
Kalta Minor Minaret
Kaltaminor is a memorial minaret in Khiva. Kalta Minor Minaret is situated 150 metres west of Itchan Kala.
Friday Mosque (Juma Mosque)
Juma Mosque is a 10th–18th century mosque in Khiva, Uzbekistan.
Muhammad Amin Inoq Madrasah
The Muhammad Amin Inoq Madrasa is an architectural…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khiva.
Khiva
Khiva is a city of 93,000 people in the western province of Khorezm in the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Itchan Kala
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Latitude
41.3781° or 41° 22′ 41″ north
Longitude
60.3598° or 60° 21′ 35″ east
Open location code
8JH299H5+6W
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yoruba—“Itchan Kala” goes by many names.
قلعة إيجانArabic
Itchan KalaAsturian
İçan QalaAzerbaijani
Ичан-ҠалаBashkir
Ichan KalaBasque
Itchan KalaBasque
Ічан-КалаBelarusian
Ичан КалаBulgarian
伊欽·卡拉內城Chinese
伊欽·卡拉城Chinese
伊欽卡拉Chinese
Ičan KalaCroatian
Ichan KalaCroatian
Ičan KalaCzech
Ichan KalaCzech
Ichan KalaDutch
Itchan KalaDutch
Itsjan KalaDutch
قلعة ايجانEgyptian Arabic
Ichan-Qal’aEsperanto
Iĉon KalaEsperanto
Itchan KalaFinnish
Itchan KalaGalician
იჩან-ყალაGeorgian
Itchan KalaHausa
איצ’אן קלהHebrew
इचन कलाHindi
Ichan KalaHungarian
Itchan KalaHungarian
Itchan KalaIndonesian
Ichan KalaItalian
Itchan KalaItalian
イチャン・カラJapanese
Iyshan qalaKara-Kalpak
Ичан-ҚалаKazakh
이찬 칼라Korean
Ičan KalaLithuanian
Itchan KalaLithuanian
Ичан КалаMacedonian
इत्चन कलाMaithili
इत्चन कलाNepali
Itchan KalaNorwegian
Itchan KalaNorwegian Bokmål
ایچانقلعهPersian
قلعه ایچانPersian
Iczan KalaPolish
Ичан-КалаRussian
Ичан КалаSerbian
Ičan KalaSerbo-Croatian
Ichon-Qal’aSlovak
Ičan KalaSlovenian
Ichan KalaSwedish
Itchan KalaSwedish
Ичан-калаTatar
อีชังกัลอาThai
Içhan KalaTurkish
Ічан-КалаUkrainian
ایچان قلعہUrdu
Ichan qalʼaUzbek
Itchan KalaVietnamese
ایچان قلعہWestern Panjabi
Ичан-КалаYakut
Ichan KalaYoruba
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Notable Places Nearby
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