What is Bukhara?
{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Bukhara |native_name = Buxoro / Бухоро |image_skyline = {{Photomontage | photo1a = 2012 Bukhara 7515821196.jpg | photo2a = Le minaret et la mosquée Kalon (Boukhara, Ouzbékistan) (5658826884).jpg | photo2b = Ark Citadel.jpg | photo3a = Mir-i-Arab madrasa outside general view.JPG | photo3c = La médersa Tchor Minor (Boukhara, Ouzbékistan) (5675552866).jpg | size = 280 | spacing = 2 | color = transparent | border = 0 }} |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |image_seal = |image_map = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Uzbekistan |pushpin_label_position = bottom |pushpin_mapsize = 250 |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uzbekistan |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Uzbekistan|Region]] |subdivision_name = {{flag|Uzbekistan}} |subdivision_name1 = [[Bukhara Region]] |subdivision_type2 = |subdivision_name2 = |established_title = Founded |established_date = 6th Century BC |established_title2 = First mention |established_date2 = 500 |government_type = City Administration |leader_title = Hakim (Mayor) |leader_name = Qiyomiddin Rustamov |area_magnitude = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_total_km2 = 39.4 |area_land_sq_mi = |area_land_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_urban_km2 = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of=2009 |population_footnotes = |population_total = 263400 |population_urban = 283400 |population_metro = 328400 |population_density_sq_mi = |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone = GMT +5 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|39|46|N|64|26|E|region:UZ|display=inline}} |elevation_footnotes= |elevation_m = 225 |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = Postcode |postal_code = 2001ХХ |area_code = (+998) 65 |registration_plate = 20 (previous to 2008) <br> 80-84 (2008 and newer) |website = http://www.buxoro.uz/ |footnotes = }} '''Bukhara''' ({{lang-uz|Buxoro}}; {{lang-tg|Бухоро}}; {{lang-ru|Бухара́}}) is the [[Capital (political)|capital]] of the [[Bukhara Province]] of [[Uzbekistan]]. I