--- title: "Urgench – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Urgench, Uzbekistan: Urgench is a district-level city in western Uzbekistan. Nearby: Urgench State University, Contemporary Art Museum of Uzbekistan…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/urgench" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/urgench.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Waterfront_of_Shavat_canal_in_Urganch.jpg" --- City in Khorezm Region, western Uzbekistan # Urgench Urgench is a district-level city in western Uzbekistan. ![Urgench](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Waterfront_of_Shavat_canal_in_Urganch.jpg) Urgench · Wikimedia Commons The place Urgench is a district-level city in western Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Xorazm Region. The estimated population of Urgench in 2021 was 145,000, an increase from 139,100 in 1999. It lies on the Amu Darya River and the Shavat canal. The city is situated 450 km (280 mi) west of Bukhara across the Kyzylkum Desert. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urgench), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Urgench 6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Urgench State University Urgench State University; Russian: Ургенчский государственный университет) is a major university in Urgench, Uzbekistan established by the decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimova dated 1 September 1992 in the city of Urgench. 2.3 km · university in Urgench, Uzbekistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urgench_State_University) 2. Contemporary Art Museum of Uzbekistan The Contemporary Art Museum of Uzbekistan is a public Art Museum. Opened in 1983 in the city of Urgench, it is housed in the building of the first post office, which was constructed in 1910. 1.2 km · art museum in Urgench City, Khorezm Region · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_Art_Museum_of_Uzbekistan) 3. Xorazm Stadium Xorazm Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Urgench, Uzbekistan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Xorazm FK Urganch. 3 km · Football stadium in Khorezm Region · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xorazm_Stadium) 4. Avesta Architectural Complex Avesta architectural complex is a complex consisting of a garden and a monumental object located on Al-Khorazmi street, Urgench city, Khorazm Region. The complex was created in Khorazm in 2001 before the celebration of the 2700th anniversary of "Avesta". 700 m · building in Khorazm Region, Uzbekistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avesta_Architectural_Complex) 5. Dashkin Bobo Complex Dashkin Bobo Complex is an architectural monument in Urganch, Khorazm Region. The complex was built in 1915, and today it is located at 43a, Yuldosh Bobojanov Street, Urganch. 1.3 km · building in Khorazm Region, Uzbekistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashkin_Bobo_Complex) 6. Al-Khwarizmi memorial complex Al-Khwarizmi Complex is a complex consisting of a garden and a symbolic mausoleum located on Al-Khwarizmi street, Urganch, Khorazm Region, Uzbekistan. By the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan on October 4, 2019, the complex was included in the national list of real estate objects of tangible cultural heritage and received state protection. 3.5 km · memorial complex in Khorazm Region, Uzbekistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Khwarizmi_Complex) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Eat ## Where to eat Eating out in Urgench can be a challenge. Waiters usually don't speak English and sometimes only Russian. The menus are mostly written in Cyrillic, and either in Russian or in Uzbek. From [Wikivoyage: Urgench](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Urgench), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Urgench **Airports:** Urgench (UGC), 4 km · Dashoguz (TAZ), 70 km · Nukus (NCU), 134 km\ **Stations:** Urgench International Airport, 3.9 km\ - Nukus → Urgench 132 km · quickest by road, 2h 12m · $13–18 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nukus-to-urgench) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Nukus&to=Urgench) - Bukhara → Urgench 377 km · quickest by road, 5h 24m · $34–46 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bukhara-to-urgench) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bukhara&to=Urgench) - Samarkand → Urgench 575 km · quickest by air, 5h 59m · $190–290 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/samarkand-to-urgench) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Samarkand&to=Urgench) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Urgench) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Urgench Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Urgench. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in From Bukhara, the next closest Silk Road site, the 460km trip in a shared taxi should cost between 50,000-80,000 sum per person \[Sep 2012\]. From [Wikivoyage: Urgench](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Urgench), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-03. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Panjakent and the Fann Mountains](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/panjakent) TJ 11 ways of moving, 16 sources 632 km 2. [Khujand](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/khujand) TJ 9 ways of moving, 27 sources 767 km 3. [Sheki (Şəki)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sheki) AZ 10 ways of moving, 46 sources 1,122 km 4. [Yeghegnadzor and the Vayots Dzor valley](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/yeghegnadzor) AM 9 ways of moving, 32 sources 1,304 km 5. [Karimabad (Hunza)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hunza) PK 9 ways of moving, 35 sources 1,343 km If you know how people move in Urgench – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Curgench&title=Urgench&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Furgench), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Urgench - [Urganch District](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/urganch-district) district in Uzbekistan 600 m - [Chalish](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/chalish) human settlement in Uzbekistan 9.1 km [The place page for Urgench](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/urgench) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Uzbekistan](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-UZ) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/urgench, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt