Nurata District
Encyclopedia
Nurata District is a district
of Navoiy Province
in Uzbekistan
. The capital lies at Nurata
.
Districts of Uzbekistan
The provinces of Uzbekistan are divided into districts . The districts are listed by province, in the general direction from west to east. Names often transliterated from Russian....
of Navoiy Province
Navoiy Province
Navoiy Province is a viloyat of Uzbekistan located in the northwest of the country. The Kyzyl-Kum Desert takes up a large portion of its territory, which is the largest of the provinces of Uzbekistan except for the autonomous Karakalpakstan Republic. Navoiy Province borders with Kazakhstan,...
in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
. The capital lies at Nurata
Nurata
-History:Nurata was founded as the ancient town Nur, in 327 BC by Alexander the Great. The remains of his military fortress in the south of the town are still to be seen today and the water supply system that Alexander had installed is still partially used....
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