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Kunya-Urgench
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Kunya-Urgench
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:city
gptkbp:alternativeName
gptkb:Old_Urgench
gptkbp:country
gptkb:Turkmenistan
gptkbp:destroyedBy
gptkb:Mongols
gptkbp:founded
6th century
gptkbp:historicalPopulation
over 100,000 (medieval period)
gptkbp:historicalSignificance
capital of Khwarazm
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Kunya-Urgench
gptkbp:language
gptkb:Turkmen
gptkbp:latitude
42.3167
gptkbp:locatedIn
gptkb:Daşoguz_Region
gptkbp:longitude
59.1667
gptkbp:notable_for
Islamic architecture
Sufi shrines
medieval urban planning
gptkbp:notableBuilding
gptkb:Kutlug_Timur_Minaret
gptkb:Mausoleum_of_Il-Arslan
gptkb:Mausoleum_of_Najmuddin_Kubra
gptkb:Mausoleum_of_Tekesh
gptkb:Mausoleum_of_Turabek-Khanum
gptkbp:population
~30,000 (modern town)
gptkbp:region
gptkb:Khorezm
gptkbp:religion
gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:river
Amu Darya
gptkbp:significantEvent
siege by Genghis Khan
gptkbp:status
gptkb:archaeological_site
gptkbp:touristAttraction
yes
gptkbp:UNESCO_criteria
(ii) (iii) (iv)
gptkbp:UNESCO_reference_number
1199
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite
2005
yes
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Turkmenistan
gptkbp:bfsLayer
4