Boysun
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The Boysun territory is located on the ridge of Boysuntog - the southwest spur of the Gissar Mountains
in the district of Boysun, Uzbekistan
. The sites of Boysun, which is under consideration for inscription as a UNESCO World Heritageg site, are both cultural and natural. The include: the basic historical-archaeological sites (Teshik-Tash, Kushan wall, Kurganzol,); living sites of folk cultures (kishlaks- villages); workshops of folkcrafts; zones of unique landscapes, natural-sanitary complexes; and makhallas (communities). Landscapes of the ridge Boysuntog, and the well-preserved biodiversity of the territory, include rare and distinctive representatives of flora and fauna of the southern mountains of Uzbekistan
. The cultural landscapes were formed during centuries in which, alongside elements and infrastructure of traditional human culture, representatives of flora and fauna of region are organically included and kept, for example as in Sayrob complex.
World Heritage Tentative List on 18 January 2008 in the Mixed (Cultural and Natural) category.
Gissar Range
Gissar Range is a mountain range in Central Asia, in the western part of the Pamir-Alay system, stretching over 200 km in the general east-west direction across the territory of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan...
in the district of Boysun, Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
. The sites of Boysun, which is under consideration for inscription as a UNESCO World Heritageg site, are both cultural and natural. The include: the basic historical-archaeological sites (Teshik-Tash, Kushan wall, Kurganzol,); living sites of folk cultures (kishlaks- villages); workshops of folkcrafts; zones of unique landscapes, natural-sanitary complexes; and makhallas (communities). Landscapes of the ridge Boysuntog, and the well-preserved biodiversity of the territory, include rare and distinctive representatives of flora and fauna of the southern mountains of Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
. The cultural landscapes were formed during centuries in which, alongside elements and infrastructure of traditional human culture, representatives of flora and fauna of region are organically included and kept, for example as in Sayrob complex.
World Heritage Status
This site was added to the UNESCOUNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
World Heritage Tentative List on 18 January 2008 in the Mixed (Cultural and Natural) category.