Regions o Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan is dividit intae 12 provinces (viloyatlar, singular– viloyat, viloyati in compund, e.g. Toshkent viloyati, Samarqand viloyati), 1 autonomous republic (respublika, respublikasi in compund, e.g. Qaraqalpaqstan Avtonom Respublikasi, Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic), an 1 independent ceety (shahar or shahri in compounds, e.g. Toshkent shahri, Tashkent ceety). Names are gien belaw in the Uzbek leid, awtho numerous variations o the transliterations o each name exist. The statistics for Toshkent Viloyati (Tashkent Province) an aa include the statistics for Toshkent Shahri (Tashkent Ceety).
The provinces in turn are dividit intae 160 destricts (tumanlar, singular tuman).
| Diveesion | Caipital Ceety | Aurie (km²) |
Population (2008)[1] | Key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andijon Viloyati | Andijon | 4,200 | 2,477,900 | 2 |
| Buxoro Viloyati | Buxoro (Bukhara) | 39,400 | 1,576,800 | 3 |
| Farg'ona Viloyati | Farg'ona (Fergana) | 6,800 | 2,997,400 | 4 |
| Jizzax Viloyati | Jizzax | 20,500 | 1,090,900 | 5 |
| Xorazm Viloyati | Urganch | 6,300 | 1,517,600 | 13 |
| Namangan Viloyati | Namangan | 7,900 | 2,196,200 | 6 |
| Navoiy Viloyati | Navoiy | 110,800 | 834,100 | 7 |
| Qashqadaryo Viloyati | Qarshi | 28,400 | 2,537,600 | 8 |
| Qaraqalpaqstan Respublikasi | Nukus | 160,000 | 1,612,300 | 14 |
| Samarqand Viloyati | Samarkand | 16,400 | 3,032,000 | 9 |
| Sirdaryo Viloyati | Guliston | 5,100 | 698,100 | 10 |
| Surxondaryo Viloyati | Termiz | 20,800 | 2,012,600 | 11 |
| Toshkent Viloyati | Toshkent (Tashkent) | 15,300 | 2,537,500 | 12 |
| Toshkent Shahri | Toshkent (Tashkent) | 335 | 2,192,700 | 1 |
Enclaves an exclaves
[eedit | eedit soorce]Thare are fower Uzbek Exclaves, aw o them surroondit bi Kyrgyz territory in the Fergana Valley region whaur Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan an Uzbekistan meet. Twa o them are the touns o: Sokh, aurie o 325 km² (125 sq mi) wi a population o 42,800 in 1993 (awtho some estimates go as heich as 70,000) (99% are Tajiks an the remainder Uzbeks [1] Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine); an Shohimardon, aurie o 90 km² (35 sq mi) wi a population o 5,100 in 1993 (91% are Uzbeks an the remainder Kyrgyz). The ither twa are the tiny territories o Chong-Kara (or Kalacha), roughly 3 km (1.9 mi) loang bi 1 km (0.6 mi) wide, an Dzhangail, a dot o land barely 2 or 3 km (1.5 mi) athort. Chong-Kara is on the Sokh river, atween the Uzbek mairch an the Sokh exclave.
Uzbekistan haes a Tajikistan enclave, the veelage o Sarvan, which includes a narrae, lang strip o land aboot 15 km (9 mi) lang bi 1 km (0.6 mi) wide, alangside the road frae Angren tae Kokand. Last but no least, thare is a tiny Kyrgyzstan enclave, the veelage o Barak (population 627), atween the touns o Margilan an Fergana.
See an aa
[eedit | eedit soorce]References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Statistical Review of Uzbekistan 2008, p.176 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
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