Name: | Khiva (Khwarezm) |
Local name (Old Uzbek): | (ﻢﺿﺭﺎﺧ) ﻩﻮﻴﺧ |
Bordering countries and territories: | Russian Turkistan, Bukhara |
Status: | until 1873 - sovereign state; 1873-1917 - Russian protectorate; 1917-1920 - sovereign state; 1920-1924 - formally independent soviet republic |
Surface: | 62.2 ths. sq. km |
Population (1920): | around 700 ths. |
Capital: | Khiva (ﻩﻮﻴﺧ) |
Official language: | Chagatai (Old Uzbek) |