Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Historic Centre of Bukhara' has mentioned 'City' in the following places:
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City in Uzbekistan | WIKI |
Bukhara (Persian: xd8xa8xd8xaexd8xa7xd8xb1xd8xa7xe2x80x8e; Uzbek: Buxoro/xd0x91xd1x83xd1x85xd0xbexd1x80xd0xbe; Tajik: xd0x91xd1x83xd1x85xd0xbexd1x80xd0xbe, [buxxc9x94xcbx90xcbx88xc9xbexc9x94xcbx90]) is the fifth-largest city in Uzbekistan, with a population of 247,644 as of 31xc2xa0Augustxc2xa02016[update],[1] and the capital of Bukhara Region. | WIKI |
People have inhabited the region around Bukhara for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half that time. | WIKI |
Located on the Silk Road, the city has long served as a center of trade, scholarship, culture, and religion. | WIKI |
[3] The city has been known as "Noble Bukhara" (Bukhxc4x81rxc4x81-ye sharxc4xabf). | WIKI |
The whole oasis was called Bukhara in ancient times, and probably only in the tenth century it was finally transferred to the city. | WIKI |
There are various versions of the origin of the name of the city. | WIKI |
However, no artifacts related to Buddhism and Manichaeism have yet been found in the city and oasis. | WIKI |
One is "Madinat al Sufriya" meaningxe2x80x94"the copper city" and another is "Madinat Al Tujjar" meaningxe2x80x94"The city of Merchants". | WIKI |
Since the Middle Ages, the city has been known as Buxe1xb8xabxc4x81rxc4x81 / xd8xa8xd8xaexd8xa7xd8xb1xd8xa7 in Arabic and Persian sources. | WIKI |
The city's name was mythologized as Albracca in the Italian epic poem Orlando Innamorato published in 1483 by Matteo Maria Boiardo. | WIKI |
Located on the Silk Road, the city has long been a center of trade, scholarship, culture, and religion. | WIKI |
[14][15] As an important trading centre, Bukhara was home to a community of medieval Indian merchants from the city of Multan (modern-day Pakistan) who were noted to own land in the city. | WIKI |
The Bukharan People's Soviet Republic existed from 1920 to 1925 when the city was integrated into the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. | WIKI |
In his memoir Eastern Approaches, he judged it an "enchanted city" with buildings that rivalled "the finest architecture of the Italian Renaissance". | WIKI |
The minaret is the most famed part of the ensemble, and dominates over historical center of the city. | WIKI |
The ponds acted as the city's principal source of water, but were also notorious for spreading disease, and thus were mostly filled in during the 1920s and 1930s by the Soviets. | WIKI |
The Lab-i Hauz ensemble consists of the 16th-century Kukeldash Madrasah,[22] the largest in the city, along the north side of the pond. | WIKI |
Built in 1712, on the opposite side of the citadel of Ark in Registan district, Bolo Haouz Mosque is inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list along with the other parts of the historic city. | WIKI |
Without explanation the building disappeared from the list of sights and after hurried reconstruction of the tower "using non-traditional building material, such as poor quality cement and steel"[28] Char Minar returned as one of the most popular sights of the city, yet the event has been kept secret ever since. | WIKI |
Cities were built near rivers and water channels were built to serve the entire city. | WIKI |
The Turkmenistan border is about 80xc2xa0km away with the nearest city there being Txc3xbcrkmenabat, connected via the M37 highway which continues to other places in Turkmenistan including Ashgabat. | WIKI |
The city is also served by railroad links with the rest of Uzbekistan, and is a hub for roadways leading to all major cities in Uzbekistan and beyond, including Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan via the M39 highway. | WIKI |
Bukhara city is the largest transport hub after Tashkent in Uzbekistan. | WIKI |
Inside the city there is facility of bus transportation. | WIKI |
Bukhara was also home to the Bukharian Jews, whose ancestors settled in the city during Roman times. | WIKI |
There, within its walled city and fortress, Angelica and the knights she has befriended make their stand when attacked by Agrican, emperor of Tartary. | WIKI |
According to the official statistics, the city's population is 82% Uzbeks, 6% Russians, 4% Tajiks, 3% Tatars, 1% Koreans, 1% Turkmens, 1% Ukrainians, 2% of other ethnicities. | WIKI |
[34] However, official Uzbek numbers have for long been criticized and refuted by various observers and Western sources[35][36] and it is widely assumed that the population of the city consists mainly of Tajik-speaking Tajiks, with ethnic Uzbeks forming a growing minority. | WIKI |
According to Soviet estimates in the early 20th century (based on numbers from 1913 and 1917), the Tajiks formed the overwhelming majority of city. | WIKI |
Their ancestors settled in the city during Roman times. | WIKI |
Most Bukharan Jews left the city between 1925 and 2000 and settled in Israel and the United States. | WIKI |
The ancient Persian city served as a major center of Islamic culture for many centuries and became a major cultural center of the Caliphate in the 8th century. | UNESCO |
These documents are reflected in the Master Plan of Bukhara city in 2005. | UNESCO |