Bukharan

Bukhara Buxoro / Бухоро
Bukhara Location in Uzbekistan
Coordinates: 39°46′N 64°26′E / 39.767°N 64.433°E / 39.767; 64.433
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	6,700/km2 (17,000/sq mi)
• Urban	283,400
• Metro	328,400
Time zone	GMT +5
Postcode	2001ХХ
Area code(s)	(+998) 65
Vehicle registration	20 (previous to 2008) 80-84 (2008 and newer)
Website	http://www.buxoro.uz/

Historic Centre of Bukhara

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Kok-Gumbaz mosque
Criteria	Cultural: ii, iv, vi
Reference	602
Inscription	1993 (17th Session)
Area	216 ha
Buffer zone	339 ha

Bukhara (Uzbek Latin: Buxoro; Uzbek Cyrillic and Tajik: Бухоро) is one of the cities of Uzbekistan. Bukhara is a city-museum, with about 140 architectural monuments. The nation's fifth-largest city, it had a population as of 31 August 2016^[update] of approximately 247,644. Humans 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. UNESCO has listed the historic center of Bukhara (which contains numerous mosques and madrassas) as a World Heritage Site.

Bukhara was known as Bokhara in 19th and early 20th centuries English publications and as Buhe/Puhe（捕喝）in Tang Chinese.

According to the Encyclopædia Iranica the name Bukhara is possibly derived from the Sogdian βuxārak ("Place of Good Fortune")

Muhammad ibn Jafar Narshakhi in his History of Bukhara (completed 943-44 CE) mentions:

Bukhara has many names. One of its name was Numijkat. It has also been called "Bumiskat". It has 2 names in Arabic. One is "Madinat al Sufriya" meaning - "the copper city" and another is "Madinat Al Tujjar" meaning - "The city of Merchants". But, the name Bukhara is more known than all the other names. In Khorasan, there is no other city with so many names

Since the Middle Ages, the city has been known as Buḫārā / بخارا in Arabic and Persian sources. The modern Uzbek spelling is Buxoro.

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