Orkhon
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Orkhon may refer to:
- Orkhon River, Mongolia
- Orkhon ValleyOrkhon ValleyOrkhon Valley Cultural Landscape sprawls along the banks of the Orkhon River in Central Mongolia, some 360 km west from the capital Ulaanbaatar. It was inscribed by UNESCO in the World Heritage List as representing evolution of nomadic pastoral traditions spanning more than two millennia...
, the landscape around that river - Orkhon Province, an Aimag (province) in Mongolia
- several Sums (districts) in different Mongolian Aimags:
- Orkhon, BulganOrkhon, BulganOrkhon is a sum of Bulgan Province in northern Mongolia. The former Soviet Army military base area is 6 km SW from the sum center ....
- Orkhon, SelengeOrkhon, SelengeOrkhon is a sum of Selenge Province in northern Mongolia....
- Orkhon, Bulgan
- Orkhon scriptOrkhon scriptThe Old Turkic script is the alphabet used by the Göktürk and other early Turkic Khanates from at least the 7th century to record the Old Turkic language. It was later used by the Uyghur Empire...
, a historic script of Turkic origin