Xojeli
Xojeli
Karakalpak: Xojeli/Хожели | |
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City | |
| Coordinates: 42°24′N 59°27′E / 42.400°N 59.450°E | |
| Country | Uzbekistan |
| Autonomous Republic | Karakalpakstan |
| District | Xojeli district |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 67,800 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (UZT) |
Xojeli, also Khodzheyli (Karakalpak: Xojeli/Хожели, [xoˈʒeli]; Russian: Ходжейли, romanized: Khodzheyli), is a city and seat of Xojeli District in Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan. It lies 15 km southwest of Nukus, and 25 km northeast of Konye-Urgench (Turkmenistan). Its population is 67,800 (2016). Xojeli has a railway station on the line from Atyrau (western Kazakhstan) to Tashkent.
There is an ancient city and archaeological complex called Mizdarkhan, located northeast of Xojeli, which consists of several medieval and ancient archaeological sites as: underground Mausoleum of Nazlymkhan Sulu, Mausoleum of Shamun Naby (a Sufi scholar), Medrese of Erezhep Halifa and Hill of Zhomart Kassap (ancient Zoroastrian dakhma). Nowadays, Mizdakhan functions also as a graveyard and people in Karakalpakstan visit on pilgrimage.