Chimkent to Otrar

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Distance: 97.59 mi
Elevation gain: 784 ft
Technical difficulty: Easy
Elevation loss: 1,942 ft
Max elevation: 1,852 ft
TrailRank: 22
Min elevation: 598 ft
Trail type: One Way

Time: 2 hours 43 minutes
Coordinates: 868
Uploaded: May 26, 2010
Recorded: May 2010

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near Shymkent, Ongtüstik Qazaqstan (Kazakhstan)

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Itinerary description

By car from Chimkent to Otrar. Otrar is an old settlement which goes back 2'000 years and was a large city destroyed by Genghis Khan in 1220 in revenge for the killing by the local governor of Genghis' trade mission. The city regained a lot of importance under Tamerlane in the 2nd half of the 14th century.

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Otrar Center

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