Xojeli
Karakalpak: Xojeli/Хожели
City
Xojeli is located in Uzbekistan
Xojeli
Xojeli
Location in Uzbekistan
Coordinates: 42°24′N 59°27′E / 42.400°N 59.450°E / 42.400; 59.450
Country Uzbekistan
Autonomous RepublicKarakalpakstan
DistrictXojeli district
Population
 (2016)
 • Total67,800
Time zoneUTC+5 (UZT)

Xojeli, also Khodzheyli (Karakalpak: Xojeli/Хожели,[xoˈʒeli]; Russian: Ходжейли, romanized: 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 Mizdakhan, located in the northeast of Xojeli. Mizdakhan 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, Mizdakhan functions also as a graveyard and people in Karakalpakstan visit Mizdakhan for pilgrimage.

References

  1. ↑ "Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan" (in Uzbek and Russian). The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics. July 2020.
  2. ↑ Soliyev, A.S. Shaharlar geografiyasi [Geography of cities] (PDF) (in Uzbek). p. 143.
  3. ↑ Uzbekistan Railways timetable
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