ancient ruins
Mizdakhan Necropolis
A hillside of tombs spanning two millennia near Nukus, including a crumbling mausoleum where locals believe one brick falls each year until the world ends.
5 km · about 10 min drive
Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan · Asia
Xo‘jayli Shahri is worth a stop: 25 minutes from Nukus, 5km from Mizdakhan Necropolis.
Xo‘jayli Shahri is a town located in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan. With a population of 67,800, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, Xo‘jayli Shahri sits in Uzbekistan. It's in the Asia/Samarkand time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Xo‘jayli Shahri to your route.
Xojeli, also Khojeli (Karakalpak: Xojeli/Хожели, [xoˈʒeli]; Russian: Ходжейли, romanized: Khodzheyli), is a city and seat of Xojeli District in Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan. It lies 15 km southwest of Nukus, and 25 km northeast of Konye-Urgench (Turkmenistan). Its population is 67,800 (2016). Xojeli has a railwayRead more
station on the line from Atyrau (western Kazakhstan) to Tashkent.
There is an ancient city and archaeological complex called Mizdarkhan, located northeast of Xojeli, which consists of several medieval and ancient archaeological sites as: underground Mausoleum of Nazlymkhan 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 on pilgrimage.
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Xo‘jayli Shahri is located in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, Asia. The coordinates are 42.4088 latitude, 59.4454 longitude.
Xo‘jayli Shahri has a population of approximately 67,800 people, making it a town in Uzbekistan.
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ancient ruins
A hillside of tombs spanning two millennia near Nukus, including a crumbling mausoleum where locals believe one brick falls each year until the world ends.
5 km · about 10 min drive
museum
Igor Savitsky's smuggled hoard of banned Soviet avant-garde painting, hidden in a desert town far from Moscow's censors. Roughly 90,000 works, and one of the strangest great collections anywhere.
15 km · about 30 min drive
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