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Nurata

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Nurata 

a city (since Apr. 9, 1976) and the administrative center of Nurata Raion, Samarkand Oblast, Uzbek SSR. Situated in the Aktau Mountains, the city lies 21 km north of the Navoi station, on the Kagan-Khavast railroad line, and 256 km northwest of Samarkand. Population, 13,400 (1973). Carpet-making and marble quarrying are the chief industries.



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Embroidery Sayfullo Majidov Booth 84 Sayfullo Majidov comes from Nurata, one of the main centers of traditional Uzbek embroidery where the culture of nomads mixed with the sedentary population and created a rich intermingling of traditions that remains very strong today.
The city of Nurata has the distinction of being founded by Alexander the Great in 327 B.
 
 
 
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