style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic">βuxārak
("lucky place"), is the
capital
of the
Bukhara Province
(viloyat) of
Uzbekistan. The nation's fifth-largest
city, it has a population of 263,400 (2009 census estimate). The region around
Bukhara has been inhabited for at least five millennia, and the city has
existed for half that time.
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