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Nature
4 km away
Lower Amudarya Biosphere Reserve (Badaitugai)
Riverside tugai forest on the Amu Darya in Beruniy district, protected since 1971, where Bukhara deer grew from 16 to over 500 animals.
Jampyk Kala
Ruined walled town of about 12 ha on the right bank of the Amu Darya below the Sultan Uvays range, occupied from the 4th century BC to the 14th century.
Fortresses4th century BC
About the place
Jampyk Kala is a fortified site in Karauzyak district of Karakalpakstan, on the southwestern foothills of the Sultan Uvays range near the right bank of the Amu Darya. People lived here from the 4th century BC to the 14th century, and the town covered about 12 hectares.
The walls that still stand on the ridge date mostly from the 9th and 10th centuries. The site was identified in 1940 by the archaeologist S. P. Tolstov during his surveys of ancient Khorezm. It is usually visited on a desert-fortress route from Nukus; allow half an hour and wear sturdy shoes for the climb.
Why go
- 9th–10th-century walls on a ridge
- Lived in for some 1,800 years
- Views over the Amu Darya
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