Central Asia
Uzbekistan
Xorazm Region

Aa Darvoza (West Gate)

Ota Gate is the western gate of the , in the walled inner town of the city of , Uzbekistan. It was built during the reign of Olloqulixon in 1828-29 and is also known as the Shermuhammad Gate.
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  • Type: City gate
  • Description: Western gate of the Itchan Kala
  • Also known as: “Ota Darvaza”, “Ota darvoza”, and “West Gate of Khiva, Uzbekistan”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Itchan Kala and Kalta Minor Minaret.

Museum
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is the walled inner town of the city of , . 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. is situated 230 metres east of Aa Darvoza (West Gate).

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Kaltaminor is a memorial minaret in . It is located on the front side of the Muhammad Amin Khan madrasa and sometimes considered as part of it.

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is the citadel in the , the historic old town of in . It is an outstanding part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Khiva.

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is a city of 93,000 people in the western province of Khorezm in the Republic of . Along with and , is an important and often overlooked historical site on what was once the Great Silk Road.

Aa Darvoza (West Gate)

Latitude
41.37867° or 41° 22′ 43″ north
Longitude
60.35717° or 60° 21′ 26″ east
Open location code
8JH299H4+FV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 185037009
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­city_gate
Wiki­data ID
Q12829445
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Uzbek—“Aa Darvoza (West Gate)” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Ota Darvoza”
  • Basque: “Ota Darvoza”
  • Dutch: “Ota Darvoza”
  • French: “Aa Darvoza (Porte Ouest)”
  • French: “Ota Darvoza”
  • German: “Ota darvoza”
  • Italian: “Ota Darvoza”
  • Italian: “porta ovest”
  • Japanese: “西門　チケット売場”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Ata dárwaza”
  • Persian: “دروازه پدر”
  • Polish: “Brama Ojca”
  • Russian: “Ата-дарваза (западные ворота”
  • Russian: “Ата-дарваза”
  • Uzbek: “Ota darvoza”
  • Uzbek: “Ota Darvoza”

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Highlights include Qozixona and Matnyoz Devonbegi madrase.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Aa Darvoza (West Gate)”. Photo: PetarM, CC BY-SA 4.0.