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Bukhara

Buxoro / Бухоро
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Le minaret et la mosquée Kalon (Boukhara, Ouzbékistan) (5658826884).jpg
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La médersa Tchor Minor (Boukhara, Ouzbékistan) (5675552866).jpg
Bukhara is located in Uzbekistan
Bukhara
Bukhara
Location in Uzbekistan
Country  Uzbekistan
Region Bukhara Region
Founded 6th Century BC
First mention 500
Government
 • Type City Administration
Area
 • City 39.4 km2 (15.2 sq mi)
Elevation
225 m (738 ft)
Population
 (2009)
 • City 263,400
 • Density 6,685/km2 (17,315/sq mi)
 • Urban
283,400
 • Metro
328,400
Time zone GMT +5
Postcode
2001ХХ
Area code(s) (+998) 65
Vehicle registration 20 (previous to 2008)
80-84 (2008 and newer)
Website http://www.buxoro.uz/

Bukhara (Uzbek: Buxoro; Tajik: Бухоро; Russian: Бухара́) is the capital of the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan. It is the nation's fifth-largest city. It had about 263,400 people at the 2009 census. People have lived in the area for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half that time. The city is on the Silk Road. That made it a center of trade, scholarship, culture, and religion. The historic center of Bukhara, which has many mosques and madrassas, is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. There are many Uzbeks and Tajiks. The city has Jews and other ethnic minorities.

Names

Bukhara was called Bokhara in 19th and early 20th century English publications and as Buhe/Puhe（捕喝） in Tang Chinese.

Transportation

  • Bukhara Airport

The M37 highway connects the city to most of the major cities in Turkmenistan including Ashgabat.

Notable people

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Stork's Nest at the top of a palace wall, before 1915
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Trade dome Tagi Zargaron 16-th century (photo 2003)

Many important people lived in Bukhara in the past. Most famous of them are:


Images for kids

  • Suzani, Bukhara pre-1850

    Suzani textiles from Bukhara are famous worldwide. This one was made before 1850

  • EucratidesStatere

    Coin belonging to the Greek government of Balkh found in Bukhara

  • Prokudin-Gorskii-19

    Amir Alim Khan, the last emir of Bukhara, circa 1911

  • Minister of Interior Bukhara

    Minister of Interior, Bukhara, circa 1905–1915

  • Fires in Bukhara 1920

    Bukhara under siege by Red Army troops and burning, September 1, 1920

  • Bukhara01

    Kalyan or Kalon Minor (Persian: مناره کلان) (Great Minaret)

  • Church of Archangel Michael in Bukhara 15-03

    Church of Archangel Michael in Bukhara

  • Bukhara by Pouria Afkhami aka pixoos 03

    Ismail Samani mausoleum, آرامگاه اسماعیل سامانی

  • Nadir Divan-begi Madrasa

    Simurgh on the portal of Nadir Divan-Beghi madrasah (part of Lab-i Hauz complex)

  • Nasruddin Hodja

    Nasruddin Hodja

  • Bukhara by Pouria Afkhami aka pixoos 04

    An alley close to Lab-i Hauz کوچه ای در نزدیکی لب حوض

  • Ark fortress in Bukhara

    Wall of the Bukhara Fortress, the Ark

  • Chor minor from southwest

    Char Minar

  • Magoki-Attari

    The Magoki-Attari mosque (south façade)

  • Bukhara by Pouria Afkhami aka pixoos 02

    مدرسه میر عرب، مناره کلان و مدرسه خان

  • Bukhara train

    Bukhara train station

See also

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