Bukhara, Uzbekistan

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Pоi Kаlоn Complex (12-14 century)
left: Mir-i Arab Madrassah; center: Minâra-i Kalân; right: Masjid-i Kalân

[edit] Po-i-Kalan complex

Kalyan or Kalon Minor (Great Minaret)
Main article: Po-i-Kalyan

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Pоi Kаlоn Complex (12-14 century)
left: Mir-i Arab Madrassah; center: Minâra-i Kalân; right: Masjid-i Kalân

[edit] Po-i-Kalan complex

Kalyan or Kalon Minor (Great Minaret)
Main article: Po-i-Kalyan


Wall of the Bukhara Fortress, the Ark

[edit] Transportation

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  Bukhara Airport
  

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

[edit] Demographics

The population of the city consists Persian-speaking Tajiks beside Uzbeks who speak Uzbek language. For other uses, see Bukhara (disambiguation).

Bukhara Buxoro / Бухоро / بخارا
Mir-i Arab madrasah
Bukhara Location in Uzbekistan
Coordinates: 39°46′N 64°26′E / 39.767°N 64.433°E / 39.767; 64.433
Country	Uzbekistan
Province	Bukhara Province
Government
- Hokim	Rustamov Qiyomiddin Qahhorovich
Population (2009)
- City	263,400
- Urban	283,400
- Metro	328,400
Time zone	GMT +5
Postcode	2001ХХ
Area code(s)	local 365, int. +99865
Website	http://www.buxoro.uz/

Bukhara (Uzbek: Buxoro; Tajik: Бухоро Bukhoro, Persian: بخارا), from the Soghdian βuxārak ("lucky place"), is the capital of the Bukhara Province (viloyat) of Uzbekistan. The nation's fifth-largest city, it has a population of 263,400 (2009 census estimate). The region around Bukhara has been inhabited for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half that time. Located on the Silk Road, the city has long been a center of trade, scholarship, culture, and religion. The historic center of Bukhara, which contains numerous mosques and madrassas, has been listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Ethnic Uzbek may constitute the largest element in Bukhara, with the native Tajiks being as numerous. The city long has had a mixed population including Jews and other ethnic minorities as well.

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Lyabi-Hauz

• Bukhara, Uzbekistan

• Sights › Square, plaza

Lyabi-Hauz, a plaza built around a pool in 1620 (the name is Tajik for 'around the pool'), is the most peaceful and interesting spot in town - shaded by mulberry trees as old as the pool. The old tea-sipping, chessboard-clutching Uzbek men who once inhabited this corner of town have been moved on by local entrepreneurs bent on cashing in on the tourist trade. Still, the plaza maintains its old-world style and has managed to fend off the glitz to which Samarkand's Registan has succumbed.
On the east side is a statue of Hoja Nasruddin, a semimythical 'wise fool' who appears in Sufi teaching-tales around the world.
Further east, the Nadir Divanbegi Medressa was built as a car…
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The Ark

• Bukhara, Uzbekistan

• Sights › Architecture

The Ark, a royal town-within-a-town, is Bukhara's oldest structure, occupied from the 5th century right up until 1920, when it was bombed by the Red army. It's about 80% ruins inside now, except for some remaining royal quarters, now housing several museums.
At the top of the entrance ramp is the 17th-century Juma (Friday) Mosque. Turn right into a corridor with courtyards off both sides. First on the left are the former living quarters of the emir's kushbegi (prime minister), now housing an exhibit on archaeological finds around Bukhara.
Second on the left is the oldest surviving part of the Ark, the vast Reception & Coronation Court, whose roof fell in during the 1920 bo…
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Kalon Minaret

• Bukhara, Uzbekistan

• Sights › Monument

When it was built by the Karakhanid ruler Arslan Khan in 1127, the Kalon Minaret was probably the tallest building in Central Asia - kalon means 'great' in Tajik. It's an incredible piece of work, 47m tall with 10m-deep foundations (including reeds stacked underneath in an early form of earthquake-proofing), which in 850 years has never needed any but cosmetic repairs. Jenghiz Khan was so dumbfounded by it that he ordered it spared.
Its 14 ornamental bands, all different, include the first use of the glazed blue tiles that were to saturate Central Asia under Timur. Up and down the south and east sides are faintly lighter patches, marking the restoration of damage caused b…
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