Otrar
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Otrar or Otyrar ( ; ), also called Farab, is a ghost town in southern Kazakhstan which was once a settlement located on the Silk Road. It was an important town in the history of Central Asia, situated on the borders of settled and agricultural civilizations. It was the center of a great oasis and political district, commanding a key point connecting Kazakhstan with China, Europe, the Middle East, Siberia and Ural.
OverviewAI-generated
Otrar is a city, tourist attraction, and archaeological site located in the Turkistan Region of Kazakhstan. The site consists of ruins and holds a tentative World Heritage Site designation. It is situated at an elevation of 506 meters above sea level and is associated with the historical event known as the Otrar Catastrophe. The locality is also identified as Talapty within the Talapty area.
The site has a postal code of 160000 and is in the Asia/Qyzylorda timezone. According to GeoNames data, the population of Talapty is listed as 0. Current weather observations recorded a temperature of 22.51 degrees, humidity of 42, pressure of 1010, and wind speed of 3.04. An official website for the Otrar museum is available online.
Synthesized by Vinony from 33 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Openweathermap, Open Meteo, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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Place details
- Locality
- Талапты
- Region
- Түркістан облысы
- Country
- Қазақстан
- Population
- 0
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Otrar
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Городище Отырар с воздуха.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view of Otrar hillfort
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- West Asia#Kazakhstan
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 280
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Kazakhstan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Kazakhstan
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Turkestan Region
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- before 8th century
- Settlement.leader_title
- Akim (mayor)
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.timezone
- ALMT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +6
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Names
- Location
- History
- Mongols and Timurids
- Uzbeks, Kazakhs, and Dzungars
- Archaeological findings
- References
- External links
Otrar or Otyrar ( ; ), also called Farab, is a ghost town in southern Kazakhstan which was once a settlement located on the Silk Road. It was an important town in the history of Central Asia, situated on the borders of settled and agricultural civilizations. It was the center of a great oasis and political district, commanding a key point connecting Kazakhstan with China, Europe, the Middle East, Siberia and Ural.
==Names==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Otrar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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