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Bukhara Oblast
Bukhara Region is a region of Uzbekistan located in the southwest of the country. The Kyzyl Kum desert takes up a large portion of its territory. It borders Turkmenistan, Navoiy Region, Qashqadaryo Region, a small part of the Xorazm Region, and the Karakalpakstan Republic. It covers an area of 40,216 km2. The population is estimated at 1,976,823 (as of 2022), with 63% living in rural areas.Urban and rural population by region Bukhara regional department of statistics . Buxoro Region is divided into 11 administrative districts and two district-level cities. The capital is , with a population of around 284,100 (as of 2021). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bukhara
Bukhara ( ) is the List of cities in Uzbekistan, seventh-largest city in Uzbekistan by population, with 280,187 residents . It is the capital of Bukhara Region. People have inhabited the region around Bukhara for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half that time. Located on the Silk Road, the city has long served as a center of trade, scholarship, culture, and religion. Bukhara served as the capital of the Khanate of Bukhara, Emirate of Bukhara and later Bukhara People’s Soviet Republic. It was the birthplace of the scholar Imam Bukhari. The city has been known as "Noble Bukhara" (''Bukhārā-ye sharīf''). Bukhara has about 140 architectural monuments. UNESCO has listed the historic center of Bukhara (which contains numerous mosques and madrasas) as a List of World Heritage Sites in Uzbekistan, World Heritage Site. Names The exact name of the city of Bukhara in ancient times is unknown. The whole Oasis of Bukhara, oasis was called Bukhara in ancient times, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olot, Uzbekistan
Olot (, ) is a city and seat of Olot District in Bukhara Region in Uzbekistan. Its population was 8,857 in 1989, and 13,200 in 2016. The etymology of the name comes from the Turkic tribe Alat or Ala-at, also known in Arabic and Persian as Khalaj, and in Chinese as ''Boma'', ''Hela'', and ''Heloγ'', all with a meaning "piebald horse". During the Middle Age, Alats played a prominent role in the history of southern Uzbekistan, Khorasan (''Kalat''), Persia and Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ... (''Khalaj''). References Populated places in Bukhara Region Cities in Uzbekistan {{Uzbekistan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natural Resources
Natural resources are resources that are drawn from nature and used with few modifications. This includes the sources of valued characteristics such as commercial and industrial use, aesthetic value, scientific interest, and cultural value. On Earth, it includes sunlight, atmosphere, water, land, all minerals along with all vegetation, and wildlife. Natural resources are part of humanity's natural heritage or protected in nature reserves. Particular areas (such as the rainforest in Fatu-Hiva) often feature biodiversity and geodiversity in their ecosystems. Natural resources may be classified in different ways. Natural resources are materials and components (something that can be used) found within the environment. Every man-made product is composed of natural resources (at its fundamental level). A natural resource may exist as a separate entity such as freshwater, air, or any living organism such as a fish, or it may be transformed by extractivist industries into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Tourism
International tourism is tourism that crosses national borders. Globalization has made tourism a popular global leisure activity. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes". The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that up to 500,000 people are in flight at any one time. In 2010, international tourism reached US$919B, growing 6.5% over 2009, corresponding to an increase in Real versus nominal value (economics), real terms of 4.7%. In 2010, there were over 940 million international tourist arrivals worldwide. By 2016 that number had risen to 1,235 million, producing 1,220 billion USD in destination spending. The COVID-19 crisis had Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism, significant negative effects on international tourism significantly slowing the overall increasing trend. International tourism has signifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection under an treaty, international treaty administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity". To be selected, a World Heritage Site is nominated by its host country and determined by the UNESCO's World Heritage Committee to be a unique landmark which is geographically and historically identifiable, having a special cultural or physical significance, and to be under a sufficient system of legal protection. World Heritage Sites might be ancient ruins or historical structures, buildings, cities, deserts, forests, islands, lakes, monuments, mountains or wilderness areas, and others. A World Heritage Site may signify a remarkable accomplishment of humankind and serve as evidence of humanity's intellectual history on the planet, or it might be a place of grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Continental Climate
Continental climates often have a significant annual variation in temperature (warm to hot summers and cold winters). They tend to occur in central and eastern parts of the three northern-tier continents (North America, Europe, and Asia), typically in the middle latitudes (40 to 55 or 60 degrees north), often within large landmasses, where prevailing winds blow overland bringing some precipitation, and temperatures are not moderated by oceans. Continental climates occur mostly in the Northern Hemisphere due to the large landmasses found there. Most of northeastern China, eastern and southeastern Europe, much of Russia south of the Arctic Circle, central and southeastern Canada, and the central and northeastern United States have this type of climate. Continentality is a measure of the degree to which a region experiences this type of climate. In continental climates, precipitation tends to be moderate in amount, concentrated mostly in the warmer months. Only a few areas—in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vobkent
Vobkent (; ; ) is a city in the Bukhara Region of Uzbekistan and the capital of Vobkent District. It is famous for a minaret constructed in 1196–1198, under the reign of Ala ad-Din Tekish. Vobkent is situated ca. 28 km from the city of Bukhara. Its population is 17,800 (2016). It has textile industry and poultry. History It is believed that Vobkent was founded before the Arab campaigns in Central Asia. It was mentioned by Bukhara historian Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Jafar Narshakhi in the 10th century. In the documents of XIV century Vobkent is mentioned as Vabkana. Since the XVI century, Vobkent became known under two names - Vabkana and Kamat. In the book of the XVII century historian Mahmud ibn Vali "Bahr ul-Asror" (1634-1641) the name of Vobkent county is Kamat. There is also information about Vorakent in Mirzo Badeh's book "Majmaʼ al-arqom" ("Сборник чисел" ("Collection of Numbers"); 18th century). According to the basic documents of the second half of the 19th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shofirkon
Shofirkon (, , ) is a city and seat of Shofirkon District in Bukhara Region in Uzbekistan. The town population was 9,594 people in 1989, and 14,000 in 2016. History Archaeological evidence suggests that the settlement on the territory of modern Shafirkan was founded in the early Middle Ages. According to the Persian historiographer Narshakhi, the founder of the city was a Sassanid prince Shahpur, who lived in the 3rd century AD. Shahpur quarreled with his father, the then ruler of Persia, arrived in Bukhara, married the daughter of the ruler of Bukhara and received land as a gift in the floodplain of the Zarafshan River. He often hunted in these places, which he really liked. Here a canal was dug, called Shahpūrkām (''Shāpūrkām'') which means "As Desired by Shahpur" in Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romitan
Romitan (, ) is a city and seat of Romitan District in Bukhara Region in Uzbekistan. The town population was 9,636 people in 1989, and 14,300 in 2016. History Archaeological evidence suggests that the settlement in what is now Romitan was founded before the Arab invasion. Romitan has been mentioned in historical sources since the 10th century. It was a part of the Samanid state. The historian of the 10th century Narshakhi, calling it Ramtin, reports the following data:Ramtin (and now exists near Bukhara, but is called Ramitan) has a large fortress; it is a fortified village. It is older than Bukhara and in some books it is even mentioned under the name of Bukhara. Ramtin had been the residence of tsars since ancient times, and when the city of Bukhara was founded, the tsars began to spend only winter in this village. In the Muslim era the same thing continued. Abu Muslim, — may God's mercy be upon him, — reached this place and lived in Ramtin, and this village was fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kogon, Uzbekistan
Kogon (; ; until 1935 ) is a district-level city in Bukhara Region in Uzbekistan. It is also the seat of Kogon District, but not part of it. History The city was named Yangi Buxoro (New Bukhara) until 1935. The city has a railway station, Bukhara-1, serving the city of Bukhara, which is located 12 km from Kogon. In 1990 construction of long-distance trolleybus line Bukhara – Kogon started, but later it was discontinued. The Russian Empire sought to connect new lands with the center of the empire with modern trade routes faster. The most perfect solution to this problem was the construction of railroads. Kogon was founded as the Russian settlement New Bukhara for railroad workers. Built in 1888 in 12 kilometers from Bukhara to serve stations and tracks on the Trans-Caspian railway, the settlement eventually became a kind of embassy town. In those days, land plots for the construction of residential houses were sold from the Bukhara government at a price of about 50 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gʻijduvon
Gʻijduvon (; ; ) is a city in the Bukhara Region of Uzbekistan and the capital of Gʻijduvon District (tuman). Its population was 38,600 in 2003, and 43,400 in 2016. History Archaeological evidence suggests that the settlement in what is now Gʻijduvon was established before the Arab invasion. The village of Gʻijduvon is mentioned in historical chronicles since the 10th century and it is said that it received water from the Harkan-rud or Kalkan-rud ditch, also mentioned already by the geographers of the 10th century as The Rustak, irrigated by the aryk, was called "Lower Harkana", as opposed to "Upper Harkana" opposite Karmana. Even then it was one of the trade centers of the region. It was part of the Samanid Empire. Gʻijduvon in the 12th century was a bazaar village 6 parasangs from Bukhara. Subsequently, the tuman in which Gʻijduvon was located was called either Gʻijduvon or Harkanrud. The real popularity of the village, which later turned into a town, was brought by o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
