About Shahrisabz

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Shakhrisabz (Shahrisabz; Tajik: Шаҳрисабз; Persian: شهر سبز‎, translit. shahr-e sabz (city of green / verdant city); Russian: Шахрисабз), is a city in Qashqadaryo Region in southern Uzbekistan located approximately 80 km south of Samarkand with a population of 100,300 (2014). It is located at an altitude of 622 m. Historically known as Kesh or Kish, Shahrisabz was once a major city of Central Asia and was an important urban center of Sogdiana, a province of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia. It is primarily known today as the birthplace of 14th-century Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur.

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Shahrisabz, Shahrisabz Tumani, Qashqadaryo Viloyati, Uzbekistan, 181302

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