Konye-Urgench

Konye-Urgench

Köneürgenç
Soltan Tekesh Mausoleum in Kunya Urgench
Shown within Turkmenistan
Alternative name	Kunya-Urgench Old Urgench Urganj
Location	Daşoguz Province, Turkmenistan
Coordinates	42°20′N 59°09′E / 42.333°N 59.150°E / 42.333; 59.150
Type	Settlement
History
Periods	Khwarazmian dynasty
Cultures	Khwarezm
Site notes
Condition	Ruined
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Kunya-Urgench
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, iii
Designated	2005 (29th session)
Reference no.	1199
Region	Asia and Australasia

Konye-Urgench (Turkmen: Köneürgenç / کؤنه‌‌اۆرگنچ; Persian: کهنه گرگانج, Kuhna Gurgānj, literally "Old Gurgānj"), also known as Old Urgench or Urganj, is a city of about 30,000 inhabitants^{[citation needed]} in north Turkmenistan, just south from its border with Uzbekistan. It is the site of the ancient town of Gurgānj, which contains the ruins of the capital of Khwarazm. Its inhabitants deserted the town in the early eighteenth century in order to develop a new settlement, and Konye-Urgench has remained undisturbed ever since. In 2005, the ruins of Old Urgench were inscribed on the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites.^[1]