Tajikistan - Khulbuk – the capital of ancient Khuttal

Khulbuk is located 175 km south of Dushanbe – the capital of the Republic of Tajikistan. On the actual map the domain of Khutal with the capital city of Khulbuk is correlated with the Khatlon region in the Republic of Tajikistan. The city of Khulbuk lies in the valleys of the Surkhob and Yakhsu Rivers in the central part of the Mekhrobod Village (Kurbonshaid), 7 km north-west of the regional center Khulbuk (Vose). In the south and east the territory of the palace complex borders on the Dushanbe-Kulyab-Pamir highway, in the north – the Bokhtar-Kulyab railway, and in the west – the residential buildings of the village of Mekhrobod (Kurbonshaid). The territory of shahristan is located northeast of the palace. In the southern side, it adjoins the Dushanbe-Kulyab highway, on the eastern – the Surkhob River, on the northern and western – residential quarters of the Mekhrobod Village (Kurbonshaid). The territory of the buffer zone covers the entire historical core of the city of Khulbuk.