Buxoro Province
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Buxoro Province is a viloyat (province) 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 Province
, Qashqadaryo Province
, a tiny bit of Xorazm Province
, and the Karakalpakstan Republic. It covers an area of 40,300 km2. The population is estimated at 1,525,900 (end of 2005 data), with 71% living in rural areas.
Buxoro Province is divided into 11 administrative districts. The capital is Buxoro
(pop. est. 241,300 at the end of 2005). Other major towns include Alat, Karakul
, Galaasiya, Gazli, Gijduvan
(pop. 40,600 end of 2005), Kagan (pop. 53,500, end of 2005), Romitan, Shafirkan, and Vabkent
.
The climate is a typically arid continental climate
.
The old city of Bukhara
is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, famous as a "living museum" and a center for international tourism. There are numerous historical and architectural monuments in and around the city and adjacent districts.
Buxoro Province has significant natural resources
, especially natural gas
, petroleum
, graphite
, bentonite
, marble
, sulfur
, limestone, and raw materials for construction. The most developed industrial activities are oil refining, cotton gin
ning, textiles (including Uzbek ikat
), and other light industry
. Traditional Uzbek crafts such as gold embroidery
, ceramics
, and engraving
have been revived. Bukhara province is the center of karakul sheep breeding and production of karakul pelts in Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
located in the southwest of the country. The Kyzyl-Kum Desert takes up a large portion of its territory. It borders Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states...
, Navoiy Province
Navoiy Province
Navoiy Province is a viloyat of Uzbekistan located in the northwest of the country. The Kyzyl-Kum Desert takes up a large portion of its territory, which is the largest of the provinces of Uzbekistan except for the autonomous Karakalpakstan Republic. Navoiy Province borders with Kazakhstan,...
, Qashqadaryo Province
Qashqadaryo Province
Qashqadaryo Province , is a viloyat of Uzbekistan, located in the southern part of the country in the basin of the Qashqadaryo River and the western slopes of the Pamir Mountains. It borders with Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan, Samarqand Province, Buxoro Province and Surxondaryo Province. It covers...
, a tiny bit of Xorazm Province
Xorazm Province
Xorazm Province or Khorezm Province as it is still more commonly known, is a viloyat of Uzbekistan located in the northwest of the country in the lower reaches of the Amu-Darya River. It borders with Turkmenistan, Karakalpakstan, and Buxoro Province. It covers an area of 6,300 km²...
, and the Karakalpakstan Republic. It covers an area of 40,300 km2. The population is estimated at 1,525,900 (end of 2005 data), with 71% living in rural areas.
Buxoro Province is divided into 11 administrative districts. The capital is Buxoro
Bukhara
Bukhara , from the Soghdian βuxārak , is the capital of the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan. The nation's fifth-largest city, it has a population of 263,400 . The region around Bukhara has been inhabited for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half that time...
(pop. est. 241,300 at the end of 2005). Other major towns include Alat, Karakul
Karakul
See also: Karakul Karakul or Qaraqul is a breed of domestic sheep which originated in Central Asia...
, Galaasiya, Gazli, Gijduvan
Gijduvan
Gijduvan or Gizhduvan is a town in the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan and the capital of Gizhduvan district . Its population in 1970 was 16,000.-History:...
(pop. 40,600 end of 2005), Kagan (pop. 53,500, end of 2005), Romitan, Shafirkan, and Vabkent
Vabkent
Vabkent is a town in the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan and the capital of Vabkent district. It is famous for a minaret constructed in 1196–1198, under the reign of Ala ad-Din Tekish....
.
The climate is a typically arid continental climate
Continental climate
Continental climate is a climate characterized by important annual variation in temperature due to the lack of significant bodies of water nearby...
.
The old city of Bukhara
Bukhara
Bukhara , from the Soghdian βuxārak , is the capital of the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan. The nation's fifth-largest city, it has a population of 263,400 . The region around Bukhara has been inhabited for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half that time...
is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, famous as a "living museum" and a center for international tourism. There are numerous historical and architectural monuments in and around the city and adjacent districts.
Buxoro Province has significant natural resources
Natural Resources
Natural Resources is a soul album released by Motown girl group Martha Reeves and the Vandellas in 1970 on the Gordy label. The album is significant for the Vietnam War ballad "I Should Be Proud" and the slow jam, "Love Guess Who"...
, especially natural gas
Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
, petroleum
Petroleum
Petroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights and other liquid organic compounds, that are found in geologic formations beneath the Earth's surface. Petroleum is recovered mostly through oil drilling...
, graphite
Graphite
The mineral graphite is one of the allotropes of carbon. It was named by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1789 from the Ancient Greek γράφω , "to draw/write", for its use in pencils, where it is commonly called lead . Unlike diamond , graphite is an electrical conductor, a semimetal...
, bentonite
Bentonite
Bentonite is an absorbent aluminium phyllosilicate, essentially impure clay consisting mostly of montmorillonite. There are different types of bentonite, each named after the respective dominant element, such as potassium , sodium , calcium , and aluminum . Experts debate a number of nomenclatorial...
, marble
Marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.Geologists use the term "marble" to refer to metamorphosed limestone; however stonemasons use the term more broadly to encompass unmetamorphosed limestone.Marble is commonly used for...
, sulfur
Sulfur
Sulfur or sulphur is the chemical element with atomic number 16. In the periodic table it is represented by the symbol S. It is an abundant, multivalent non-metal. Under normal conditions, sulfur atoms form cyclic octatomic molecules with chemical formula S8. Elemental sulfur is a bright yellow...
, limestone, and raw materials for construction. The most developed industrial activities are oil refining, cotton gin
Cotton gin
A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, a job formerly performed painstakingly by hand...
ning, textiles (including Uzbek ikat
Ikat
Ikat, or Ikkat, is a dyeing technique used to pattern textiles that employs a resist dyeing process similar to tie-dye on either the warp or weft fibres....
), and other light industry
Light industry
Light industry is usually less capital intensive than heavy industry, and is more consumer-oriented than business-oriented...
. Traditional Uzbek crafts such as gold embroidery
Embroidery
Embroidery is the art or handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with needle and thread or yarn. Embroidery may also incorporate other materials such as metal strips, pearls, beads, quills, and sequins....
, ceramics
Ceramics (art)
In art history, ceramics and ceramic art mean art objects such as figures, tiles, and tableware made from clay and other raw materials by the process of pottery. Some ceramic products are regarded as fine art, while others are regarded as decorative, industrial or applied art objects, or as...
, and engraving
Engraving
Engraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing...
have been revived. Bukhara province is the center of karakul sheep breeding and production of karakul pelts in Uzbekistan.
Administrative divisions
| Key | District name | District capital |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alat District Alat District Alat District is a district of Bukhara Province in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at Alat.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"... |
Alat Alat, Uzbekistan Alat, Uzbekistan is a town and seat of Alat District in Bukhara Province in Uzbekistan.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"... |
| 2 | Bukhara District Bukhara District Bukhara District is a district of Bukhara Province in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at Galaasiya.... |
Galaasiya Galaasiya Galaasiya is a town and seat of Bukhara District in Bukhara Province in Uzbekistan.... |
| 3 | Gijduvan District Gijduvan District Gijduvan District is a district of Bukhara Province in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at Gijduvan.... |
Gijduvan Gijduvan Gijduvan or Gizhduvan is a town in the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan and the capital of Gizhduvan district . Its population in 1970 was 16,000.-History:... |
| 4 | Jondor District Jondor District Jondor District is a district of Bukhara Province in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at Jondor.... |
Jondor Jondor Jondor is a town and seat of Jondor District in Bukhara Province in Uzbekistan.... |
| 5 | Kagan District Kagan District Kagan District is a district of Bukhara Province in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at Kagan.... |
Kagan Kagan, Uzbekistan Kagan, Uzbekistan is a town and seat of Kagan District in Bukhara Province in Uzbekistan.... |
| 6 | Karakul District Qorako‘l District Qorako‘l District is a district of Bukhara Province in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at Qorako‘l.... |
Qorako‘l Qorako‘l See also: Karakul Qorako‘l also spelled as Karakul is a town in the Buxoro Province of Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Qorako‘l District .... |
| 7 | Karaulbazar District Karaulbazar District Karaulbazar District is a district of Bukhara Province in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at Karaulbazar.... |
Karaulbazar Karaulbazar Karaulbazar is a town and seat of Karaulbazar District in Bukhara Province in Uzbekistan.... |
| 8 | Peshku District Peshku District Peshku District is a district of Bukhara Province in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at Yangibazar.... |
Yangibazar Yangibazar, Bukhara Yangibazar is a town and seat of Peshku District in Bukhara Province in Uzbekistan.... |
| 9 | Romitan District Romitan District Romitan District is a district of Bukhara Province in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at Romitan.... |
Romitan Romitan Romitan is a town and seat of Romitan District in Bukhara Province in Uzbekistan.... |
| 10 | Shafirkan District Shafirkan District Shafirkan District is a district of Bukhara Province in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at Shafirkan.... |
Shafirkan Shafirkan Shafirkan is a town and seat of Shafirkan District in Bukhara Province in Uzbekistan.... |
| 11 | Vabkent District Vabkent District Vabkent District is a district of Bukhara Province in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at Vabkent.-External links:*... |
Vabkent Vabkent Vabkent is a town in the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan and the capital of Vabkent district. It is famous for a minaret constructed in 1196–1198, under the reign of Ala ad-Din Tekish.... |