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.