Gelan Kishlak (village), probably, is one of the most exotic place in Uzbekistan. It is one of the highest located villages in mountains of Uzbekistan.
Gelan Kishlak (village) is located in Kitab district of Kashkadarya region, on the border of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, 80 km from Shakhrisabz city.
Until the middle of 2018 foreign tourists could not visit this village because of the special border regulations. Even today, it is not easy to get here by a difficult but picturesque mountain off-road with numerous serpentines. The Gelankishlak (village) is surrounded from all sides by high mountains, reaching in the east a height of more than 4000m. There are more than 5 thousand people living in this village. Local people still keep their ancient cultural traditions and lifestyle. Local people claim that first people settled here in the middle of XIII century.
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