Samarkand
Uzbekistan · Samarqand Region
Samarkand is a major city located in southeastern Uzbekistan and is among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Central Asia. With a population of 882,000 inhabitants in 2026, it is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan after Tashkent. It is the capital of the Samarkand Region and a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlements of Kimyogarlar, Farkhod and Khishrav. Earlier it also served as the initial capital of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic from 1925 until 1930.
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Practical facts
- Local time
- UTC+5 · 11 h ahead of Costa Rica
- Region
- Samarqand Region
- Main language
- Uzbek
- On the map
- 39.65° N, 66.97° E
Near Samarkand
- Dushanbe · 199 km away
- Bukhara · 215 km away
- Tashkent · 266 km away
- Shymkent · 370 km away
- Fergana · 419 km away
- Khorog · 468 km away
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