Zhibek Zholy (Kazakh: Жібек Жолы, until 1990: Chernyaevka, 1990–1993: Poltoratskoye) is a village in Saryagash District, Turkestan Region, Kazakhstan.[1] It lies on the border with Uzbekistan, across from the Uzbek village Gʻishtkoʻprik (Tashkent District).[2] It is on the northern Uzbek-Kazakh frontier, some 50 km from the Uzbek capital of Tashkent.[3]

References

  1. "Жибек Жолы" [Jibek Joly]. Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia (in Russian). Vol. 2. p. 324.
  2. Horstmann, A.; Saxer, M.; Rippa, A. (2018). Routledge Handbook of Asian Borderlands. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781317422747. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
  3. "The New Humanitarian | Travellers suffer from border corruption". thenewhumanitarian.org. 11 April 2006. Retrieved 2019-12-11.

41°28′37″N 69°21′54″E / 41.477°N 69.365°E / 41.477; 69.365

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