Shayxontoxur

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Shayxontoxur
Location of Shayxontoxur
Country Uzbekistan
MunicipalityTashkent
Established1981
Area
 • Total29.7 km2 (11.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total348,300
 • Density12,000/km2 (30,000/sq mi)

Shayxontoxur (Uzbek: Shayxontoxur tumani, Russian: Шайхантахурский район, romanizedShaykhantakhursky rayon) is one of 12 districts (tuman) of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.[3]

Overview

It is a north-western district, established in 1981 with the name of Oktober,[4] referring to the October Revolution, part of Russian Revolution of 1917. It is the most densely populated tuman.

Shayxontoxur borders with the districts of Uchtepa, Chilanzar, Yakkasaray, Yunusabad and Olmazar. It borders also with Tashkent Region and is close to the Uzbek frontier with South Kazakhstan Region, in Kazakhstan.

References

  1. ^ "Districts". City of Tashkent. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Urban and rural population by district" (PDF) (in Uzbek). Tashkent City department of statistics.
  3. ^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan" (in Uzbek and Russian). The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics. July 2020.
  4. ^ Sadikov, A C; Akramob Z. M., Bazarbaev, A., Mirzlaev T.M., Adilov S. R., Baimukhamedov X. N., et al. (in Russian) (72x112). Geographical Atlas of Tashkent (Ташкент Географический Атлас) (2 ed.). Moscow. p. 64.

External links

Media related to Districts of Tashkent at Wikimedia Commons


Coordinates: 41°19′37″N 69°12′40″E / 41.3270°N 69.2110°E / 41.3270; 69.2110