Nurata
Sign in to saveNurota (sometimes spelled as Nurata, ; ; ) is a city and the seat of Nurota District in Navoiy Region in Uzbekistan. Its population is 32,300 (2016).
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Nurota
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.native_name
- Nurota / Нурота
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Uzbekistan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Uzbekistan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Navoiy Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Nurota District
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2016
- Settlement.population_total
- 32300
- Settlement.timezone
- UZT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +5
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 490
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Uzbekistan
- Located in
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Population
- 21001
- Elevation
- 490
- Capital of
- Nurata District
- Official website
- nur-ota.uz
- Image
- Nurata town.jpg
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- Nurota
- different from
- Khrebet Nurata
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Climate
- References
Nurota (sometimes spelled as Nurata, ; ; ) is a city and the seat of Nurota District in Navoiy Region in Uzbekistan. Its population is 32,300 (2016).
==History== Nurota was founded as the ancient town Nur, in 327 BC by Alexander the Great. The remains of his military fortress in the south of the town are still to be seen today and the water supply system that Alexander had installed is still partially used.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nurata” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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