Kizil Caves

The Kizil Caves are a set of Buddhist rock-cut caves located near Kizil Township in , Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. The site is located on the northern bank of the 65 kilometres west of .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: cave in People’s Republic of China
  • Also known as: “Kizil-Grotten”, “Qizil-Höhlen”, “Tausend-Buddha-Höhlen”, and “克孜尔石窟”

Kizil Caves

Latitude
41.78291° or 41° 46′ 59″ north
Longitude
82.50264° or 82° 30′ 10″ east
Open location code
8MH4QGM3+53
Open­Street­Map ID
way 403219600
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q1234019
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Kizil Caves” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كهوف كيزيل”
  • Basque: “Kizil leizeak”
  • Catalan: “Coves de Kizil”
  • Chinese: “克孜尔千佛洞”
  • Dutch: “Kizil Caves”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كهوف كيزيل”
  • French: “grottes de Kizil”
  • French: “Grottes de Kizil”
  • German: “Tausend-Buddha-Höhlen von Kizil”
  • Hebrew: “מערות קיזיל”
  • Hindi: “किज़िल गुफ़ाएँ”
  • Hindi: “क़िज़िल गुफ़ाएँ”
  • Indonesian: “Gua Kizil”
  • Italian: “Grotte Kizil”
  • Japanese: “キジル石窟”
  • Kazakh: “Қызыл үңгірлері”
  • Lithuanian: “Kyzylo urvai”
  • Marathi: “किझील लेणी”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kizilgrottene”
  • Norwegian: “Kizilgrottene”
  • Persian: “غارهای قزل”
  • Russian: “Кизил (пещеры)”
  • Russian: “Кизил”
  • Slovenian: “Jame Kizil”
  • Spanish: “Cuevas de Kizil”
  • Tatar: “Кызыл Мең Өй мәгарәләре”
  • Thai: “หมู่ถ้ำกีซิล”
  • Turkish: “Kızıl Mağaraları”
  • Uighur: “قىزىل مىڭئۆي”
  • Western Panjabi: “قزل گپھاواں”
  • Wu Chinese: “克孜尔千佛洞”

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