{"id":290,"date":"2021-10-17T19:20:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T19:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/?p=290"},"modified":"2021-10-17T19:20:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T19:20:39","slug":"urgench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/urgench\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgench"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 29px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/news\/urgench\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uzbekintour.com\/images\/Flag-Russian.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"29\" height=\"18\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px; color: green; font-weight: bold;\">RUS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_77 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e7b2ce90c30\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e7b2ce90c30\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/urgench\/#Introduction\" >Introduction<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/urgench\/#The_history_of_the_city\" >The history of the city<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/urgench\/#Modern_Urgench\" >Modern Urgench<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/urgench\/#Weather_in_Urgench\" >Weather in Urgench<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Introduction\"><\/span>Introduction<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img class=\"alignright\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/images\/150px_Konya_Urgench.gif\" alt=\"Konya Urgench\" \/><br \/>\n<span class=\"date\">Urgench<\/span> (<i>Uzbek: Urganch \/ \u0423\u0440\u0433\u0430\u043d\u0447<\/i>) is a city (<span class=\"date\">1999<\/span> population: <span class=\"date\">139,100<\/span>) in southern Uzbekistan. It is the capital of the Khorezm Province, on the Amu Darya River and the Shavat canal.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignleft\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/images\/150px_Urgench_topo_1963.gif\" alt=\"Urgench Topo 1963 Map\" \/>The city is situated <span class=\"date\">450<\/span> km west of Bukhara across the Kyzyl Kum Desert. It is located at latitude <span class=\"date\">41\u00b0 32&#8242; 60N<\/span> longitude <span class=\"date\">60\u00b0 37&#8242; 60E<\/span>, at an altitude of <span class=\"date\">91<\/span> meters.<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_history_of_the_city\"><\/span>The history of the city<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img class=\"alignright\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/images\/150px_Urgench.gif\" alt=\"Urgench\" \/>The history of the city goes back to the second half of the <span class=\"date\">18th<\/span> century. The city should not be confused with the city of Konya-Urgench (also known as &#8220;Old Urgench&#8221; or &#8220;Gurgench&#8221;) in Turkmenistan.<br \/>\nThe city of Old Urgench was relocated to Urgench after the Amu Darya river changed course in the <span class=\"date\">16th<\/span> century, leaving the old town high and dry. New Urgench was a trade center of the Khanate of Khiva.<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Modern_Urgench\"><\/span>Modern Urgench<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img class=\"alignleft\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/images\/150px_Urgench_International_Airport.gif\" alt=\"Urgench International Airport\" \/>Modern Urgench is a Soviet-style city, with a plethora of Soviet monuments and cotton motifs adorning everything possible, from street lights to apartment houses. Of note is a monument to the twenty Komsomol members killed by Tekke basmachi on the banks of the Syr Darya in <span class=\"date\">1922<\/span>, and a large statue to Muhammed al-Khwarizmi, the <span class=\"date\">9th<\/span> century local mathematician who revolutionised algebra, outside the Hotel Urgench. A flat, drab place, it is the main gateway for tourists to Khiva <span class=\"date\">35<\/span> kilometres to the southeast, whose old city, known as Itchan Kala, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Weather_in_Urgench\"><\/span>Weather in Urgench<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><!-- Gismeteo informer START --><\/p>\n<div id=\"gsInformerID-DKk4GmgPCnWk6M\" class=\"gsInformer\" style=\"width: 240px; height: 227px;\">\n<div class=\"gsIContent\">\n<div id=\"cityLink\"><a title=\"Weather in Urgench\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gismeteo.com\/weather-urgench-5329\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nst1.gismeteo.com\/assets\/flat-ui\/img\/gisloader.svg\" alt=\"Weather in Urgench\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gsLinks\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"leftCol\"><a title=\"Weather\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gismeteo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nst1.gismeteo.com\/assets\/flat-ui\/img\/logo-mini2.png\" alt=\"Weather\" width=\"11\" height=\"16\" align=\"middle\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<img style=\"left: 5px; top: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/nst1.gismeteo.com\/assets\/flat-ui\/img\/informer\/gismeteo.svg\" align=\"middle\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"rightCol\"><a title=\"Weather in Urgench for 2-week forecast\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gismeteo.com\/weather-urgench-5329\/2-weeks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img style=\"top: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/nst1.gismeteo.com\/assets\/flat-ui\/img\/informer\/forecast-2weeks.en.svg\" alt=\"Weather in Urgench for 2-week forecast\" align=\"middle\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async=async src=\"https:\/\/www.gismeteo.com\/api\/informer\/getinformer\/?hash=DKk4GmgPCnWk6M\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Gismeteo informer END --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#top\">To Top<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Introduction Urgench (Uzbek: Urganch \/ \u0423\u0440\u0433\u0430\u043d\u0447) is a city (1999 population: 139,100) in southern Uzbekistan. It is the capital of the Khorezm Province, on the Amu Darya River and the Shavat canal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[11,61],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":294,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290\/revisions\/294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}