在北部，Otrar绿洲位于土耳其斯坦和塔什干绿洲附近。 绿洲包括Buzuk，Oliktobe，Aysentobe和Aykol等几个定居点。 绿洲的总面积从北到南53公里，从西到东54公里。 绿洲的不同定居点形成了几个微型绿洲。 其中最大的位于Otrar市周围。 其中一些遗址在III-IV世纪左右开始形成。 在XII-XV世纪，大多数地点变得边缘化，而Otrar一直有人居住到十八世纪。 Otrar绿洲的总面积有136个不同的定居点。 在现代，旧的灌溉系统被当地社区广泛使用。 由于与农业现代发展有关的破坏，这一情况对历史遗址产生了负面影响。

Otrar Oasis (III-XVIII centuries)

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On the north the Otrar oasis is situated near the Turkestan and Tashkent oases. The oasis includes several such settlements as Buzuk, Oliktobe, Aysentobe, and Aykol. The total surface of the oasis counts 53 km from the north to the south and 54 km from the west to the east. Different settlements of the oasis form several micro-oases. The largest among them is situated around the city of Otrar. Some of these sites start to form around III-IV centuries. In XII-XV centuries most of them became marginal, while Otrar was functioning until the XVIII century. Total area of Otrar oasis counts 136 different sites. In modern days the old irrigation system is widely used by local community. This fact has a negative impact on the historical sites because of the destructions related to modern development of the agriculture.