Khiva
city in Uzbekistan
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Summary
Khiva is a city[1]. Khiva ranks in the top 5% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,503 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Organization of World Heritage Cities[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Xorazm Region[4]
- Country: Uzbekistan[5]
- Commons category: Khiva[6]
- Inception: 501 BC[7]
- Coordinate location: 41.381388888888885, 60.361111111111114[8]
- Significant event: Siege of Khiva[9]
- Official website: http://www.khiva.uz/[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Khiva[11]
- Population: 105,300[12], 55,568[13], 14,426[14], 17,460[15], 24,139[16], 30,973[17], 40,001[18], 41,000[19], 51,000[20], 26,000[21]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[22], Otto's encyclopedia[23], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[24], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25], The New Student's Reference Work[26], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28]
- Capital of: Khiva District[29], Khanate of Khiva[30]
- Official name: Xiva[31]
- Category for people born here: Q8078020[32]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Khiva[33]
- Native label: Xiva[34]
- Category of associated people: Category:People of Khiva[35]
- Elevation above sea level: 109[36]
- Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Khiva[37]
Why It Matters
Khiva has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Khiva is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]