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Balasagun

ancient Sogdian city in modern-day Kyrgyzstan
City city Q1764282

Facts

10 properties

Designation

Instance of
city, archaeological site[3]
Heritage designation
part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[7]

Location

Country
Kyrgyzstan[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 42.748°, 75.248°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Chuy District[1]
More facts +5
Part of
Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor[4]
Capital of
Karakhanid Khanate, Qara Khitai[5][6]
Area
+36.58, +1900[9][10]
Native label
Баласагун[8]
World Heritage criteria
(ii), (iii), (v), (vi)[11][12][13][14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Balasagun ar بلاساغون cs Burana fa بلاسغون fa بلاساقون fr Balasaghun he בלאסאגון hi बलासागुन hi बालासगून ja ベラサグン ja バラサグン ja バラサグン遺跡 ko 발라사군 nl Balasagoen ru Баласагун ru Баласагын ru Беклык ru Бурана ru Куз Орду tr Karabalasagun
🔖 Identifiers · 13
VIAF cluster ID
160838120
Library of Congress authority ID
no2010199122
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Balasagun ruins.jpg ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Balasaghun
FAST ID
1883660
Freebase ID
/m/019r2d
Kulturenvanteri monument ID
398715
Namuwiki ID
발라사군
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987012272142805171
OpenStreetMap way ID
163525568
SNARC ID
Conon de Béthune
TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID
balasagun
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World Heritage Site ID
1442-009

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🔗 Connections
Capital of 2
Karakhanid Khanate, Qara Khitai
Instance of 2
city, archaeological site
← Capital 2
Karakhanid Khanate, Qara Khitai
Belongs to 1
Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
Country 1
Kyrgyzstan
Has these parts 1
Burana Tower
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Chuy District
Part of 1
Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
People born here 1
Yusuf Khass Hajib
SNARC ID 1
Conon de Béthune
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Direct Wikidata claims

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  3. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Ernestobanpiroa · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 34
    World Heritage criteria → (ii), (iii), (v) +1
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'az', 'bcl', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetlabel-add:1|eu */ Balasagun"
  2. 6w ago · Triedros · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    World Heritage criteria → (ii), (iii), (v) +1
    Native label → {'lang': 'ky', 'text': 'Баласагун'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ World Heritage criteria: (ii)"
  3. 16w ago · Charp238 · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Namuwiki ID → 발라사군
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Namuwiki ID: 발라사군"
  4. 19w ago · 沈澄心 · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → —
    Area → —
    Image → Balasagun ruins.jpg
    FAST ID → 1883660
    + 37 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ FAST ID: 1883660, Added with [[User:Bargioni/moreIdentifiers|moreIdentifiers]]"
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