Samarcanda

Also known as Samarqand, Samarcand, Summarkund, Summarkùnd

città uzbeka

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Samarkand is an ancient city in southeastern Uzbekistan that has been continuously inhabited for centuries and now serves as the capital of the Samarkand Region with a population of about 551,700 people. As Central Asia's third-largest city, it holds historical significance as one of the region's oldest urban centers.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Samarkand
Settlement.native_name: /
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_caption: Clockwise from the top:Registan square, Shah-i-Zinda necropolis, Bibi-Khanym Mosque, view inside Shah-i-Zinda, Sherdar Madrasa in the Registan, Gur-e-Amir (Timur's Mausoleum)
Settlement.image_seal: Emblem of Samarkand.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Uzbekistan
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Uzbekistan
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Vilayat
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Samarqand Vilayat
Settlement.established_title: Settled
Settlement.established_date: 8th century BC
Settlement.government_type: City Administration
Settlement.governing_body: Hakim (Mayor)
Settlement.leader_party: Furqat Rahimov

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: administrative territorial entity
Official name: Samarqand/Самарқанд
Award: Order of Lenin
Country: Khanate of Bukhara
Located in: Samarkand Oblast
Official language: Uzbek
Population: 55128
Area: 108
Elevation: 702
Time zone: UTC+05:00
Body of water: Zeravshan
Capital of: Sogdia
Official website: www.samshahar.uz
Image: Sherdor madrasah 3.jpg
Dialing code: 662
Significant event: Siege of Samarkand

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twinned administrative body: Ganja
Commons category: Samarkand
postal code: 140100
topic's main category: Category:Samarkand
category for people born here: Category:Births in Samarkand
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Samarkand
category of associated people: Category:People from Samarkand
Commons gallery: Samarkand in 20th century
language used: Uzbek
native label: سمرقند
P8168: Wilhelm von Branca
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
present in work: Civilization V
inception: 0800-00-00

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Article · Italiano

Samarcanda (AFI: /samarˈkanda/; in uzbeco Samarqand; in tagico Самарқанд; in russo: Самарканд?, traslitterato: Samarkand, in persiano سمرقند‎, "Samarqand"; 513.572 ab. nel 2019) è una città dell'Uzbekistan, capoluogo della regione omonima e seconda città del Paese per popolazione. Situata al centro delle principali rotte commerciali asiatiche, Samarcanda, nel corso della sua storia lunga circa 2.700 anni, fu parte del primo Impero persiano; successivamente fu sotto influenza araba, poi timuride, uzbeka e, in epoche più moderne, fu dapprima sotto l'impero russo e infine parte dell'Unione Sovietica fino al 1991. La città, il cui etimo significa in lingua sogdiana "fortezza di pietra" (samar, pietra/roccia, e kand, fortezza, come anche in altre città della zona, cfr. Panjakent) si trova lungo la via della seta nel percorso tra la Cina e l'Europa, praticamente al centro dell'Eurafrasia. Si trova a 702 metri s.l.m. e, nonostante si trovi in Uzbekistan, la maggior parte degli abitanti è di lingua tagica, un dialetto della farsi. Dal 2001 la città figura nella lista dei patrimoni dell'umanità dell'UNESCO sotto il titolo di Samarcanda - Crocevia di culture.

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