Uzbekistan (Asia / Central Asia)

Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbek: O‘zbekiston Respublikasi or O‘zbekiston Jumhuriyati), is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia. 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.

Navoiy Viloyati (Asia / Central Asia / Uzbekistan)

Geography of Uzbekistan (Asia / Central Asia / Uzbekistan / Navoiy Viloyati)

Uzbekistan is a country of Central Asia, located north of Afghanistan. With an area of 447,000 square kilometers (approximately the size of France or California), Uzbekistan stretches 1,425 kilometers from west to east and 930 kilometers from north to south.

Samarkand (Asia / Central Asia / Uzbekistan)

Samarkand (, Tajik: Самарқанд, , , ) (population 412,300 in 2005) is the third-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Samarqand Province. The city is most noted for its central position on the Asian Silk Road between China and the west.

Bukhara (Asia / Central Asia / Uzbekistan)

Bukhara (; Tajik: Бухоро; , Buxârâ; ; ), from the Sanskrit Vihara, is the fifth-largest city in Uzbekistan, and capital of the Bukhara Province (viloyat). It has a population of 237,900 (1999 census estimate).

Uchquduq (Asia / Central Asia / Uzbekistan)

Uchquduq is a city (pop est 27,000) in the north of the Navoiy Province, Uzbekistan. The city's name means "three draw-wells" in Uzbek.

Samarkand Airport

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Bukhara Airport

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Zeravshan (Asia)

The Zeravshan or Zarafshan river (from the Persian word زر افشان, meaning "the sprayer of Gold"), whilst smaller and less well-known than the two great rivers of Central Asia, the Amu Darya (or Oxus) and the Syr Darya (or Jaxartes), is if anything more valuable as a source of irrigation in the region.

Alpha (radio navigation) (Asia / Central Asia / Turkmenistan / Lebap Welaýaty)

Alpha (also called RSDN-20 ) is a Russian system for long range radio navigation. It works similar like the former Omega Navigation System in the VLF-range.