Place:Navoi, Navoi, Uzbekistan

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NameNavoi
Alt namesKermenesource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2003-) accessed 16 August 2004
Kerminesource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2003-) accessed 16 August 2004
Navasource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2003-) accessed 16 August 2004
Navoiysource: Wikipedia
Navoysource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2003-) accessed 16 August 2004
Nawoiysource: Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 16 August 2004; NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998); Russia, National Geographic (1993) map supplement
Nazoysource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2003-) accessed 16 August 2004
Навоийsource: Wikipedia
TypeCity
Coordinates40.15°N 65.367°E
Located inNavoi, Uzbekistan
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Navoiy, also spelled Navoi, is a city and the capital of Navoiy Region in the southwestern part of Uzbekistan. Administratively, it is a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlement Tinchlik. It is located at latitude 40° 5' 4N; longitude 65° 22' 45E, at an altitude of 382 meters. The city is named after Ali-Shir Nava'i. As of 2020, its population was 144,158 inhabitants.[1]

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History

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Originally known as Kermine (or Karmana) under the Emirate of Bukhara, the city was re-founded in 1958, under the name of the great Uzbek poet and statesman Alisher Navoi, who wrote in Persian and Chaghatai at the court of Emir Husein Boykara (or Husayn Bayqaro) in Herat.

Even though the town is very young, it has rich history in this area and its surroundings. The Great Silk Road went through these countries in ancient times. The archeological researches in the area have also produced findings of numerous traces of Ancient Saki, Khorezm and Baktriya cultures.

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