|
|
Samarqand Samarkand informations. City Samarqand Samarkand in Uzbekistan city Samarqand Samarkand informations. Uzbekistan. Map, informations, hotels Samarqand Samarkand. Photos Samarqand Samarkand. |
|
|
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
| Help ! | |||||||||
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Samarqand Samarkand in Uzbekistan OUZBEKISTAN uzbekistan. samarqand-samarkand Informations and links Samarqand Samarkand Map Samarqand Samarkand Photos Samarqand Samarkand Population on 01-Jan-99 : 362300 ------------------------------- Samarkand (Samarqand or ????????? in Uzbek, in Persian ??????) (population 362,300 in 1999) is the third-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Samarqand Province. It is located at latitude 39? 39' 15, longitude 66? 57' 35E, at an altitude of 702 meters. The majority of the city's inhabitants are Tajik-speaking. In 2001, after several abortive attempts, UNESCO inscribed the 2700-year-old city on the World Heritage List as Samarkand - Crossroads of Cultures. Samarkand (Greek: Marakanda) is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world, prospering from its location on the (Silk Road) trade route between China and Europe. At times Samarkand has been the greatest city of Central Asia, and for much of its history it has been under Persian rule. Founded circa 700 BCE it was already the capital of the Sogdian satrapy under the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia when Alexander the Great conquered it in 329 BCE (see Afrasiab, Sogdiana). (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.) Russia conquered Uzbekistan in the late 19th century. Stiff resistance to the Red Army after World War I was eventually suppressed and a socialist republic set up in 1924. During the Soviet era, intensive production of "white gold" (cotton) and grain led to overuse of agrochemicals and the depletion of water supplies, which have left the land poisoned and the Aral Sea and certain rivers half dry. Independent since 1991, the country seeks to gradually lessen its dependence on agriculture while developing its mineral and petroleum reserves. Current concerns include terrorism by Islamic militants, economic stagnation, and the curtailment of human rights and democratization..
|
Our friends :
Chat and video Uzbekistan Find internet Uzbekistan Find new Uzbekistan Find world Uzbekistan New world Uzbekistan Street map Uzbekistan Where buy in Uzbekistan Where buy internet |
