Tashkent

Tashkent Uzbek: 'Toshkent, Тошкент Roushie: Ташкент Toshqand, Toshkand
Aerial view o Tashkent
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Tashkent Location in Uzbekistan
Coordinates: 41°16′N 69°13′E
Kintra	Uzbekistan
Province	Tashkent Province
Settled	5t tae 3rd centuries BC
Govrenment
• Mayor	Rakhmonbek Usmonov
Area
• Total	334.8 km2 (129.3 sq mi)
Population  (2008)
• Total	2,200,000
• Density	6,600/km2 (17,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 ( )
Website	http://tashkent.uz/

Tashkent (Uzbek: 'Toshkent, Тошкент; Roushie: Ташкент, literally "Stane Ceety") is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Uzbekistan an o the Tashkent Province. The offeecially registered population o the ceety in 2008 wis 2.1 million.

Twin touns — sister ceeties

See an aa: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Asie#Uzbekistan

Tashkent is twinned wi:

• Seattle, Washington, USA
• Tunis, Tunisie
• Istanbul, Turkey
• Karachi, Pakistan
• Berlin, Germany
• Dnipro, Ukraine
• Kortrijk, Belgium