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Sentob, also Sentyab or Sintab ( uz, Sentyab; russian: Сентяб), is an Uzbek village in Nurota District, Navoiy Region of
Sentob is a village with structures built on natural stone fenced by traditional stone walls. Going up the Sentob river valley – locally known as ''Kadvan valley'' - passing along scattered outbuildings, cemeteries, abandoned houses and mosques built of flat stones, a rocky outcrop with the hilltop ruins of the old village is reached. As with most of the villages in the Nuratau mountains, Sentob previously existed as a small stone village tucked away on an unprepossessing plateau primarily for safety. This spot was largely abandoned, and even those who later moved back elected to live at lower elevations in more modern structures.
In the gorge cliffs just below the rocky outcrop there are Bronze Age The rise of ecotourism in Uzbekistan
Retrieved October 17, 2021.
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...
. The settlement is nestled 30 km south of the Aydar Lake
The Aydar Lake ( uz, Aydar Ko‘li, Айдар кўли; Haydar ko‘li, Ҳайдар кўли; alternate spellings: Lake Aydarkul, Lake Aidarkul) is part of the man-made Aydar-Arnasay system of lakes, which covers 4,000 square kilometres (1,500&n ...
6 km into a fertile green river valley of the Nuratau Mountains
The Nuratau Mountains ( uz, Nurota tog'lari, russian: Нурата́у or Нурати́нский хребе́т) is a mountain range located in Uzbekistan and constitutes one of the western buttresses of the Gissar Range. It borders Aydar Lake t ...
. It is situated at an elevation of 600 m and the town population is about 1,000 people.
Description of the village
Sentob is a village with structures built on natural stone fenced by traditional stone walls. Going up the Sentob river valley – locally known as ''Kadvan valley'' - passing along scattered outbuildings, cemeteries, abandoned houses and mosques built of flat stones, a rocky outcrop with the hilltop ruins of the old village is reached. As with most of the villages in the Nuratau mountains, Sentob previously existed as a small stone village tucked away on an unprepossessing plateau primarily for safety. This spot was largely abandoned, and even those who later moved back elected to live at lower elevations in more modern structures.
In the gorge cliffs just below the rocky outcrop there are Bronze Age petroglyphs
A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions ...
: Oxen, deer, wild rams and nomads with bows and arrows, as well as Medieval Times horsemen along with Arabic inscriptions.
Most of the village's usable land is dedicated to agriculture and food forest sprinkled with walnut, pistachio and fruit trees.
The village has a pleasant natural setting and is a great starting point for mountain hikes into the Nuratau Mountains to observe its wide variety of wildflowers.Retrieved October 17, 2021.
References
{{Navoiy Region Populated places in Navoiy Region Rock art in Uzbekistan