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Region
Bukhara
Denser and older-feeling than Samarkand, with a medieval street plan you can still read. Its historic centre has been a UNESCO site since 1993, and it produced some of Islam's most important scholars.
- Administrative centre
- Bukhara
- Area
- 39,400 km²
Kalyan Minaret, Bukhara
What to see
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Poi Kalyan
The 1127 minaret, the great mosque and the Mir-i-Arab madrasah in one square.
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The Ark Fortress
The emirs' citadel, occupied on the same mound for well over a thousand years.
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Samanid Mausoleum
Around 1,100 years old, built entirely in patterned brick, and buried in sand until 1934.