Xojeli Explained

Xojeli
Settlement Type:City
Native Name:Kara-Kalpak: Xojeli/Хожели
Pushpin Map:Uzbekistan
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Uzbekistan
Coordinates:42.4°N 86°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Uzbekistan
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous Republic
Subdivision Name1:Karakalpakstan
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Xojeli district
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:67800
Timezone:UZT
Utc Offset:+5

Xojeli, also Khodzheyli (Kara-Kalpak: Xojeli/Хожели,pronounced as /xoˈʒeli/; Russian: Ходжейли|Khodzheyli), is a city and seat of Xojeli District in Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan.[1] It lies 15 km southwest of Nukus, and 25 km northeast of Konye-Urgench (Turkmenistan). Its population is 67,800 (2016).[2] Xojeli has a railway station on the line from Atyrau (western Kazakhstan) to Tashkent.[3]

There is an ancient city and archaelogical complex called Mizdarkhan, located northeast of Xojeli, which consists of several medieval and ancient archaeological sites as: underground Mausoleum of Nazlymhan Sulu, Mausoleum of Shamun Naby (a Sufi scholar), Medrese of Erezhep Halifa and Hill of Zhomart Kassap (ancient Zoroastrian dakhma). Nowadays, Mizdarkhan functions also as a graveyard and people in Karakalpakstan visit on pilgrimage.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan. uz, ru. July 2020. The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics.
  2. Book: Shaharlar geografiyasi. Geography of cities. uz. Soliyev, A.S.. 143.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20180105050143/http://eticket.uzrailway.uz/timetable/timetable/2900830/today Uzbekistan Railways timetable