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Region
Surkhandarya
The hottest and southernmost region, on the Afghan border. Termez was a major Buddhist centre for centuries before Islam, and the country's highest peak stands on its eastern edge.
- Administrative centre
- Termez
- Area
- 20,100 km²
The Registan at golden hour
What to see
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Fayaz-Tepa
A Buddhist monastery complex from around the first to third centuries AD.
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Al-Hakim at-Termizi Mausoleum
The shrine of a ninth-century Sufi thinker, on the Amu Darya bank.
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Boysun
A mountain district whose living traditions are on UNESCO's heritage lists.