Gijduvan

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Gijduvan
Gijduvan Location in Uzbekistan
Coordinates: 40°06′N 64°40′E / 40.1, 64.667
Country	‎ Uzbekistan
Province	Bukhara Province
Population (1970)
- Total	16,000

Gijduvan (Uzbek: G'ijduvon/Ғиждувон) is a town in the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan and the capital of Gijduvan district. Its population in 1970 was 16,000.

One of the three madrasahs built by Ulugh Beg is in Gijduvan (the others are in Samarkand and Bukhara). The tomb and memorial of the prominent Islamic philosopher Abduholik Gijduvoni is also located in Gijduvan.

Coordinates: 40°06′N, 64°40′E