Karatepe

Kara Tepe is a Buddhist archaeological site in the region of Bactria, in the Termez oasis near the city of in southern . The foundations of the site date to the 1st century CE, with a peak of activity around the 3rd and 4th…
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: buddhist archeological site
  • Also known as: Kara Tepe
  • Inscription: “qoratepa inscription”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fayoz-Tepe and Termez.

Locality
Fayaz Tepe, also , is a Buddhist archaeological site in the region of Bactria, in the Termez oasis near the city of in southern .

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
or Termiz is a city in Surkhandarya, . Termiz is along the border with and was a major supply hub for the NATO war operations there.

Karatepe

Latitude
37.27884° or 37° 16′ 44″ north
Longitude
67.18315° or 67° 10′ 59″ east
Open location code
8J9975HM+G7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 493758365
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­monastery
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­buddhist
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q4213429
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Uzbek—“Karatepe” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: Kara Tepé
  • Chinese: 喀拉丘
  • French: Kara Tepé
  • German: Kara-Tepe
  • Hebrew: קארה טפה
  • Kara-Kalpak: Qaratóbe
  • Persian: قوراتپه
  • Russian: Кара-тепе
  • Spanish: Kara Tepe
  • Tatar: Кара-тепе
  • Turkish: Kara Tepe
  • Uzbek: Qoratepa

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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 “Karatepe”. Photo: Marat Nadjibaev, CC BY-SA 4.0.