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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
Fayaz Tepe at sunset
What to see
Al-Hakim at-Termizi Mausoleum
The shrine of a ninth-century Sufi thinker, on the Amu Darya bank.
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Sultan Saodat
The family necropolis of the Termez sayyids, built up from the 10th to the 17th century.
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Kyrk-Kyz Fortress
The 'Forty Maidens' — a square mud-brick building of the 9th–10th centuries outside Termez.
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