Termez is the capital of Surxondaryo Region in southern Uzbekistan. Administratively, it is a district-level city. Its population is 182,800 (2021). It is notable as the site of Alexander the Great's city Alexandria on the Oxus, as a center of early Buddhism, as a site of Muslim pilgrimage, and as a base of Soviet Union military operations in Afghanistan, accessible via the nearby Hairatan border crossing.
- Country
- Uzbekistan, Soviet Union, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Emirate of Bukhara
- Inception
- 498 BC
- Website
- http://termizsh.uz/uz/?h=1
