Navekat

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Navekat

Ruins of Navekat
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Alternative name	Nevkat
Location	Chüy Region, Kyrgyzstan
Coordinates	42°54′56.2″N 75°0′29.9″E / 42.915611°N 75.008306°E / 42.915611; 75.008306
Type	Settlement
History
Founded	5-6th century
Abandoned	12th century
Site notes
Condition	In ruins

Navekat or Nevkat ^[1] was an ancient Silk Road city that flourished between the 6th and 12th centuries. It lies near the modern village of Krasnaya Rechka, in the Chüy Valley, present-day Kyrgyzstan, about 30 kilometers east of Bishkek. It was one of the most important trading centres of the region.^[2] Navekat was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2014^[3] as a part of the site "Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor".