Bukhara, Uzbekistan

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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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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Bukhara	77
Historic Centre of Bukhara	9
Bukhara, Uzbekistan canonical	2
Afshana, near Bukhara	1
Bukhara city center	1
Bukhara old city	1
Bukhara old town	1
City of Bukhara, Historic Centre	1

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 ⓘ
dominantMadhhab	Sunni Islam ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel	225 m ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Tajiks ⓘ Uzbeks ⓘ
foundedInCentury	6th century BCE (as an oasis settlement, approximate) ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Bukhara, Uzbekistan self-linksurface differs ⓘ 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 ⓘ

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Santa Fe, New Mexico → sisterCity → Bukhara, Uzbekistan ⓘ

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Islamic Golden Age → centerOfActivity → Bukhara, Uzbekistan ⓘ

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Bukharan Jews → historicalCenter → Bukhara, Uzbekistan ⓘ

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Avicenna → birthPlace → Bukhara, Uzbekistan ⓘ

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Samanid Empire → capital → Bukhara, Uzbekistan ⓘ

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Muhammad Shaybani → territoryControlled → Bukhara, Uzbekistan ⓘ

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Shaybanid dynasty → capital → Bukhara, Uzbekistan ⓘ

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Manghit dynasty → capital → Bukhara, Uzbekistan ⓘ

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Abdullah Khan II → deathPlace → Bukhara, Uzbekistan ⓘ

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Imam Quli Khan → placeOfRule → Bukhara, Uzbekistan ⓘ

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Muhammad Rahim Bi → placeOfActivity → Bukhara, Uzbekistan ⓘ

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Subhan Quli Khan → capital → Bukhara, Uzbekistan ⓘ

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Shah Murad → placeOfActivity → Bukhara, Uzbekistan ⓘ

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Bukhara Region → capital → Bukhara, Uzbekistan ⓘ

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