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Khiva
Xiva / Хива | |
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.jpg)   .jpg) _(5596932909).jpg) Clockwise from top: Itchan Kala, Alla Kouli Khan Madrasa, Pakhlavan Makhmoud Mausoleum, Islam Hoja Minaret, Muhammad Amin Khan Madrasa and Kalta Minor | |
  Khiva Location in Uzbekistan  Khiva Khiva (Uzbekistan) | |
| Coordinates: 41°22′53″N 60°21′40″E / 41.38139°N 60.36111°E | |
| Country |  Uzbekistan |
| Region | Khorazm Region |
| Founded | 6th century BC |
| Government | |
| • Hakim | Temur Davletov |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 115 000 |
| Postal code | 220900 |
| Area code | +998 |
| Website | https://xivashahar.uz/ |
Khiva (Uzbek: Xiva, Хива, خیوه; Persian: خیوه, Xīveh; alternative or historical names include Orgunje, Kheeva, Khorasam, Khoresm, Khwarezm, Khwarizm, Khwarazm, Chorezm, Arabic: خوارزم and Persian: خوارزم) is a district-level city of approximately 93,000 people in Khorazm Region, Uzbekistan.[2] According to archaeological data, the city was established around 2,500 years ago. In 1997, Khiva celebrated its 2500th anniversary.[3] It is the former capital of Khwarezmia, the Khanate of Khiva, and the Khorezm People's Soviet Republic. Itchan Kala in Khiva was the first site in Uzbekistan to be inscribed on the World Heritage List (1991). The astronomer, historian and polymath, Al-Biruni[4] (973–1048 CE) was born in either Khiva or the nearby city of Kath.
- ^ "Viloyat bo'yicha shahar va qishloq aholisi soni" [Urban and rural population in the region] (PDF) (in Uzbek). Xorazm regional department of statistics. Archived from the original on 2023-03-22. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan" (in Uzbek and Russian). The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics. July 2020. Archived from the original on 2022-07-02. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ В. А. Булатова, И. И. Ноткин, Архитектурные памятники Хивы. (Путеводитель), Ташкент, 1972; Хива. (Архитектура. Фотоальбом), Л., 1973; Г. Пугаченкова, Термез, Шахрисябз, Хива, (М„ 1976).
- ^ Patrologia Orientalis Tom. Decimus, p.291 https://archive.org/details/patrologiaorient10pariuoft
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