Suyab
Ancient city · Kyrgyzstan
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 42.800, 75.267
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient Silk Road city
History
Suyab, also known as Ordukent, was an ancient Silk Road city located some 50 km (31 mi) east from Bishkek, and 8 km (5.0 mi) west southwest from Tokmok, in the Chu river valley, present-day Kyrgyzstan. The ruins of this city, along with other archaeological sites associated with the Silk Road, was inscribed in 2014 as part of the Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor UNESCO World Heritage Site.