Historical cities of uzbekistan

HISTORICAL CITIES OF UZBEKISTAN

Tashkent
Tashkent is one of the oldest cities in Central Asia. Chach-Shash-Binkent-Tashkent. Each of these names is the city’s history. Tashkent city was founded more than 2000 years ago. The city was situated on the crossroad of the Great Silk Road, which helped...

Samarkand
Samarkand is one of the ancient cities of the world with its 2750 year history; it is the contemporary of Rome, Athens and Babylon. The city is located on the left bank of the middle course of the Zarafshan river, in the center of the Republic of Uzbekistan. I...

Bukhara
"Bukhara-and-sharif" - "noble and sacred" - is one of the numerous epithets, which was awarded to this ancient city. The great poets of the East of the IX-X centuries Rudaki Dakiki, Firdousi devoted kasids to it. In the X century "The History of Bukhara" was w...
HISTORICAL CITIES OF UZBEKISTAN

Nukus
Nukus – capital of Karakalpakstan – a new, modern city, founded in 1932. It is located near the Aral sea, surrounded by three deserts – the Karakum (Black sand), the Kyzylkum (Red sand) and rocky desert – plateau Ustyurt, and the fourth...

Khiva
One of the oldest cities of Central Asia is Khiva. It is located on the north-western part of Uzbekistan, in a large agricultural oasis of Khorezm. Khiva was firstly mentioned in the X century. In the XVII - beginning of the XIX century Khiva was the capital o...

Muynak
Muynak is originated from turk “moynak”, it is widely presented in the geographical terminology among the Turkic languages. Muynak is located in the Amudarya mouth. From the Kazakh language it is translated as “isthmus”, “narrow s...