Cities in Asia

There is a hush to Almaty’s morning, as the first rays tumble down the snow-bright flanks of the Trans-Ili Alatau and glance off Soviet mosaics and glassy high-... more

Turkistan is a city and the administrative center of Turkistan Region of Kazakhstan, near the Syr Darya river. It is situated 160 km north-west of Shymkent on ... more

Shymkent, formerly known as Chimkent until 1993, is the capital city of South Kazakhstan Province, the most populated region in Kazakhstan. It is the third most... more

Atyrau is at the northern end of the Caspian sea in Kazakhstan.

Erdenet is the second-largest city in Mongolia and the capital of the aimag (province) of Orkhon. Officially known as Bayan-Öndör sum.

Lake Khövsgöl (Mongolian: Хөвсгөл нуур, Khövsgöl nuur, classic script:(ᠺᠥᠪᠰᠦᠭᠦᠯ ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ) köbsügül naɣur), also referred to as Khövsgöl dalai (Хөвсгөл далай, ... more

Dawn in Ulaanbaatar falls soft and blue, the chill rising from the Selenge River as smoky trails from coal stoves drift above old wooden fences. The streets hum... more

Kharkhorin (Mongolian: Хархорин) is a town and sum (district) center in Övörkhangai Province in Mongolia. The sum population was 13,828 (1994), 13,964 (2000... more

Harhorin or Kharkhorin is a town and sum (district) center in the Ovorkhangai Province in Mongolia. Sum population was 13,828 (1994), 13,964 (2000), 13,496(2003... more

Hatgal is a town in Mongolia , located in the province of Hovsgol , in the district of Alag-Erdene. The city lies at the southern end of Lake Hovsgol . Before ...

Namangan is a city in eastern Uzbekistan. It is the administrative, economic, and cultural center of Namangan Region. Administratively, it is a district-level ... more

Mo‘ynoq also spelled as Muynak and Moynaq (Uzbek: Mo‘ynoq / Мўйноқ; Karakalpak: Moynaq / Мойнақ; Russian: Муйнак/Muynak) is a city in northern Karakalpakstan in... more