Bukhara, Uzbekistan

E59496

Silk Road city city oasis city

Bukhara, Uzbekistan is an ancient Silk Road city renowned for its well-preserved Islamic architecture and historic center, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Silk Road city → city → oasis city →
climate	cold desert climate →
climateClassification	Köppen BWk →
contains	Ark of Bukhara → Chor Minor → Kalyan Minaret → Kalyan Mosque → Lyab-i Hauz ensemble → Mir-i-Arab Madrasa → Po-i-Kalyan complex → Samanid Mausoleum →
coordinateLatitude	39.767 →
coordinateLongitude	64.433 →
country	Uzbekistan NERFINISHED →
dominantMadhhab	Sunni Islam →
elevationAboveSeaLevel	225 m →
ethnicGroup	Tajiks → Uzbeks →
foundedInCentury	6th century BCE (as an oasis settlement, approximate) →
heritageDesignation	Bukhara, Uzbekistan → surface form: "City of Bukhara, Historic Centre"
historicalRegion	Khorasan → surface form: "Mawarannahr" Transoxiana →
historicCenterStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site →
knownFor	historic center → role on the Silk Road → well-preserved Islamic architecture →
languageMajority	Uzbek →
languageMinority	Tajiks → surface form: "Tajik"
locatedIn	Bukhara Region → Central Asia → Turkestan desert region → surface form: "Karakum–Kyzylkum desert region"
majorReligion	Islam →
notableFor	madrasas and mosques → traditional bazaars →
partOf	Russian Empire → Soviet Union → Timurid dynasty → surface form: "Timurid Empire"
population	about 280000 →
river	Zeravshan River → surface form: "Zarafshan River"
servedAs	capital of the Emirate of Bukhara → capital of the Khanate of Bukhara → capital of the Samanid Empire →
silkRoadFunction	major commercial and cultural center →
timeZone	UZT →
unescoCriteria	(ii) → (iv) →
unescoInscriptionYear	1993 →
utcOffset	+5 →

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Avicenna → birthPlace → Bukhara, Uzbekistan →

this entity surface form: "Afshana, near Bukhara"

Emirate of Afghanistan → borderedBy → Bukhara, Uzbekistan →