Bukhara

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.

Buxoro / Бухоро
Coordinates: 39°46′N 64°26′E
Country	Uzbekistan
Region	Bukhara Region
Founded	6th Century BC
First mention	500
Government
• Type	City Administration
• Hakim (Mayor)	Qiyomiddin Rustamov
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
Vehicle registration	20 (previous to 2008) 80-84 (2008 and newer)
Website	http://www.buxoro.uz/

Names

Bukhara was called Bokhara in 19th and early 20th century English publications and as Buhe/Puhe (Chinese: 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

Stork's Nest at the top of a palace wall, before 1915

Trade dome Tagi Zargaron 16-th century (photo 2003)

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

• Muhammad Ibn Ismail Ibn Ibrahim Ibn al-Mughirah Ibn Bardizbah al-Bukhari (810-870) - Islamic scholar and compiler of hadiths
• Avicenna (Abu Ali ibn Sina) (980-1037) - physician and person of encyclopedic knowledge
• Bal'ami: Abolfazl Muhammad and his son Abu-Ali Mohammad, two famous viziers of Samanid kings, historians and patrons of art and literature
• Abubakr Narshakhi (10th century) - historian who wrote History of Bukhara
• Hazrat Syed Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari(c. 595-690 AH, 1199-1291 CE)
• Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari (1318–1389)
• Amir Kulal (died in 1370)
• Kiromi Bukhoroi
• An Lushan
• Sadriddin Ayni (1878–1954)
• Abdurauf Fitrat
• Oksana Chusovitina

Bukhara Media

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  Suzani, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, first half 19th century. Silk embroidery on a cotton foundation, 1.52 x 2.29 m (5′ 0″ x 7′ 6″)

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  Bukhara coinage of Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi. Bukhara was under Caliphate control until 861 CE.

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  Gold 20-stater of Eucratides. This coin, the largest surviving gold coin from Antiquity, was originally found in Bukhara, and later acquired by Napoleon III. The coin weighs 169.2 grams, and has a diameter of 58 millimeters. Cabinet des Medailles, Paris. Personal photograph 2006.

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

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  Church of Archangel Michael in Bukhara

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

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  An alley close to Lab-i Hauz

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  Wall of the Bukhara Fortress, the Ark

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  La mosquée Bolo-Khaouz (ou Bolo-Haouz) est une mosquée du vendredi. *La partie intérieure date de 1712, par contre l'Iwan (l'avant-toit pour l'été) date du début du XX ème siècle; Elle fait partie d'un ensemble architectural comprenant un bassin (Khaouz), un minaret et une mosquée. Le tout est face à la citadelle de l'Ark.

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