Samarkand

Uzbekistan / Samarkand /
 city, capital city of state/province/region, place with historical importance, second-level administrative division, former national capital
Samarkand (Uzbek: Samarqand, Самарқанд, Tajik: Самарқанд, Russian: Самарканд, Persian: سمرقند), population 412,300 in 2005, is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Samarqand Province.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samarkand
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Coordinates:   39°37'49"N   66°57'8"E

Comments

  • I have been there :)... nice place... I liked the tourist mosque... too bad they aren't using it for prayer anymore
  • I was burn here, 37 years ago. When I was 5 months we lived Samarkand. I'm a hungarian man. Samarkand is a very beautifil city....when I can remember......
  • I'm sorry : lived = leaved
  • Samrkand is a historic place.... Mogals ancestors were from Samrkand....
  • I read the city is old as Old Rome, and there many historical places. The city is also touristic capital of Uzbekistan.