General Information about Navoi
Country name, international abbreviation: Uzbekistan, UZ, UZB
Type: City Administration (Administrative center of the Navoi Region)
Distance from Tashkent: 360-400 km southwest, situated in the Zarafshan Valley on the left bank of the
Elevation: 347 m above sea level
Time zone: UTC +5
Area code: 79
Named in honor of Alisher Navoi, the great 15th-century Chagatai poet, statesman, and philosopher.
The Youngest Regional Center: Unlike Uzbekistan’s ancient silk-road cities with thousands of years of history, Navoi is a modern industrial city founded in 1958. Built amidst steppes and cotton fields, it developed into a well-planned, green, white-stone oasis featuring modern public architecture alongside major industrial enterprises.
Navoi city is located in the southwestern part of Uzbekistan, in the Zarafshan valley, 360 km southwest of Tashkent (400 km). Navoi city is the center of Navoi region.
The city was named in honor of the great Uzbek poet Alisher Navoi.
In Uzbekistan, Navoi is the youngest regional center. This modern industrial city has a convenient geographical location: 347 m above sea level, on the left bank of the Zaravshan River.
Among the steppes, along endless cotton fields, Navoi appears as an oasis, a mirage of oriental fairy tales- a white-stone city with significant architecture of residential and public buildings, and the impressive silhouettes of large industrial facilities. This is a developing city, with great prospects and plans, and huge potential.
There are interesting buildings of the present time in the city. Yujniy Park (South Park) is one of the favourite places among tourists and citizens. A stadium, swimming pool and cinemas are located in this area. The nature is wonderful. Besides, Severniy Park (North Park) was built. It is bigger than Yujniy Park. It was called Alisher Navoi Park. One of the most important religious complexes in the Nurata city of the Navoi region is the Chashma complex.
"Kasim Sheikh mausoleum (built in the 16th century during the Shaybanid dynasty) and the mysterious Sarmish gorge are located near the city." Numerous ancient rock paintings of people in strange clothes, some of which can be interpreted as images of "ancient astronauts", were found in the gorge. The gorge is recognized as the largest canyon rock art gallery in the world. About four thousand of petroglyphs, which are engraved on the black shale, are on the territory two kilometers long.
