Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor
A World Heritage Site in Tajikistan / Uzbekistan / Turkmenistan, inscribed in 2023 as a Cultural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Tajikistan / Uzbekistan / Turkmenistan
- Region
- Asia and the Pacific
- Inscribed
- 2023
- Category
- Cultural Site
- Criteria
- (ii)(iii)(v)
- Property area
- approx. 669.7 ha
- Component parts
- 34
- Transboundary property
- Yes
- Coordinates
- 39.4415, 69.6856
- UNESCO ID
- 1675
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Names in other languages
- French
- Routes de la soie : corridor de Zeravchan-Karakoum
- Spanish
- Rutas de la seda: corredor de Zeravshan-Karakum
- Chinese
- 丝绸之路：扎拉夫尚-卡拉库姆廊道
Other World Heritage Sites in Tajikistan / Uzbekistan / Turkmenistan
- Cold Winter Deserts of Turan (2023)
- Cultural Heritage Sites of Ancient Khuttal (2025)
- Historic Centre of Bukhara (1993)
- Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz (2000)
- Itchan Kala (1990)
- Kunya-Urgench (2005)
- Parthian Fortresses of Nisa (2007)
- Proto-urban Site of Sarazm (2010)
- Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures (2001)
- State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv” (1999)
- Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs) (2013)
- Tashkent Modernist Architecture. Modernity and Tradition in Central Asia (2026)
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