Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures
A World Heritage Site in Uzbekistan, inscribed in 2001 as a Cultural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Uzbekistan
- Region
- Asia and the Pacific
- Inscribed
- 2001
- Category
- Cultural Site
- Criteria
- (i)(ii)(iv)
- Property area
- approx. 1,123 ha
- Component parts
- 5
- Coordinates
- 39.6686, 67.0000
- UNESCO ID
- 603
Source: factual data from UNESCO DataHub (whc001 / CC BY-SA 4.0). This site uses only factual information such as names, countries, inscription years and categories. No official UNESCO/WHC descriptions, photographs or logos are used.
Names in other languages
- French
- Samarkand – carrefour de cultures
- Spanish
- Samarcanda - Encrucijada de culturas
- Chinese
- 处在文化十字路口的撒马尔罕城
Other World Heritage Sites in Uzbekistan
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