Historic Centre of Bukhara

World Heritage
Uzbekistan
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Bukhara is located on the Silk Road and has a history of more than 2,000 years. It is the best-preserved medieval city in Central Asia, with the urban structure largely intact. Monuments of particular interest include the famous Tomb of Ismail Samani, a masterpiece of 10th-century Muslim architecture, and a large number of 17th-century madrasas.

Kok-Gumbaz mosque

Nasruddin Hodja

Coin belonging to the Greek government of Balkh found in Bukhara

Ismail Samani mausoleum, آرامگاه اسماعیل سامانی

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

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

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

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

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

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

Minister of Interior, Bukhara, circa 1905–1915

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Information extracted from Wikidata

elevation above sea level 225
area 39.4
category for maps Category:Maps of Bukhara
WOEID 2272540
official language Bukharan People's Soviet Republic
official language Emirate of Bukhara
official language Samanid Empire
size comparison diagram Bukhara (Uzbekistan)
IPA transcription 1891370
floruit Buhara+(città)
CIVICUS Monitor country entry buhara
number of rooms lccn-n82115501
topographic prominence 10037
geoshape Bukhara
office held by head of the organization http://g.co/kg/m/0lxlg
postal code 2001ХХ
Commons category Bukhara
coordinate location Point(64.428611111 39.774722222)
official website http://www.buxoro.uz/
topic's main category Carlsbad
page banner http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bukhara%20old%20city%20Uzbekistan%20banner.jpg
Dewey Decimal Classification 2--587
time of earliest written record 0500-01-01T00:00:00Z
WOEID 2272540
described by source Gujin Tushu Jicheng
described by source Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line
statement is subject of Czechoslovakia
capital of Samanid Empire
start time 1938-01-15T00:00:00Z
official name Buxoro
category for people born here Dobrich
native label Buxoro
category of associated people Category:People from Bukhara
uses 4008584-3
image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kalon-Ensemble%20Buchara.jpg
instance of Isabela Island
instance of big city
start time 1938-01-15T00:00:00Z
twinned administrative body Córdoba
twinned administrative body Santa Fe
start time 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
twinned administrative body Category:Views of the medina of Tunis
twinned administrative body Khujand
twinned administrative body Bonn
twinned administrative body Lahore
executive body Bukhara

population 69254
point in time 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
population 50311
point in time 1939-01-01T00:00:00Z
population 111600
point in time 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
population 272500
point in time 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
population 184960
point in time 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z
population 223934
point in time 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
population 263400
point in time 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
capital of Emirate of Bukhara
start time 1753-01-01T00:00:00Z
end time 1920-10-07T00:00:00Z
capital of Bukharan People's Soviet Republic
start time 1920-10-08T00:00:00Z
end time 1924-10-27T00:00:00Z
start time 1924-10-28T00:00:00Z
end time 1925-01-01T00:00:00Z
located in the administrative territorial entity Bukharan People's Soviet Republic
start time 1920-10-08T00:00:00Z
end time 1924-10-27T00:00:00Z
start time 1926-01-01T00:00:00Z
end time 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
located in the administrative territorial entity Emirate of Bukhara
end time 1920-10-07T00:00:00Z
start time 1924-10-27T00:00:00Z
end time 1925-01-01T00:00:00Z
start time 1930-01-01T00:00:00Z
end time 1938-01-14T00:00:00Z
twinned administrative body İzmir
start time 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z