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Officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is the only doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of only two such countries worldwide. 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. Capital: Tashkent, Government: Presidential system, Republic, Currency: Uzbekistani som, Population: 29,341,200 (2011), Calling code: 998, Official language: Uzbek
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Shir Dor Fluted Dome
"Shir Dor Fluted Dome" on the Shir Dor Madresseh in Samarkand, Uzbekistan | Photography by Sean Paul Kelley (via flickr)
Colours of the silk road, Shah-i-Zinda Necropolis,...
Colours of the silk road, S hah-i-Zinda Necropolis , Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Gur Emir Mausoleum, Samarkand
Gur Emir Mausoleum, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Ismail Samani Mausoleum, Bukhara, Uzbekistan
The Samanid mausoleum is located in the historical urban nucleus of the city of Bukhara, in a park laid out on the site of an ancient cemetery. This mausoleum, one of the most esteemed sights of Central Asian architecture, was built in the 9th (10th) century as the resting-place of Ismail Samani - a powerful and influential amir of the Samanid dynasty, one of the Persian dynasty to rule in Central Asia, which held the city in the 9th and 10th centuries.
Islam Khodja Minaret, Khiva, Uzbekistan
Islam Khodja Minaret, Khiva, Uzbekistan