▁Later , ▁Is may il ▁Saf avi , ▁who ▁defeated ▁the ▁Sh ir v ans h ah s ▁state , ▁built ▁a ▁tomb ▁on ▁his ▁father ' s ▁grave , ▁attacked ▁the ▁Sh ik hl ar ▁village ▁and ▁declared ▁the ▁ma us ole um ▁a ▁sacred ▁san ctu ary . ▁The ▁tower ▁of ▁Bes hbar mag , ▁the ▁remains ▁of ▁the ▁lost ▁city ▁of ▁the ▁ 5 th ▁century , ▁the ▁ma us ole um ▁of ▁She ikh ▁He yd ar , ▁the ▁remains ▁of ▁the ▁fallen ▁stone ▁f ence ▁of ▁the ▁tower ▁of ▁Kh izi ▁rel ating ▁to ▁V th ▁century , ▁the ▁ 1 5 th ▁century ▁san ctu ary ▁in ▁the ▁village ▁of ▁Kh ial and zh ▁are ▁all ▁examples ▁of ▁historical ▁monuments . ▁ ▁Population ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁State ▁Statistics ▁Committee , ▁as ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁the ▁population ▁of ▁city ▁recorded ▁ 1 6 , 8 0 0 ▁persons , ▁which ▁increased ▁by ▁ 3 , 6 0 0 ▁persons ▁( about ▁ 2 7 ▁percent ) ▁from ▁ 1 3 , 2 0 0 ▁persons ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁ 8 , 3 0 0 ▁of ▁total ▁population ▁are ▁men , ▁ 8 , 5 0 0 ▁are ▁women . ▁More ▁than ▁ 2 5 , 5 ▁percent ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁( about ▁ 4 , 3 0 0 ▁persons ) ▁consists ▁of ▁young ▁people ▁and ▁te en agers ▁aged ▁ 1 4 – 2 9 . ▁ ▁References ▁