Sirdaryo Region (Uzbek: Sirdaryo viloyati, Сирдарё вилояти) is one of the regions of Uzbekistan, located in the center of the country on the left bank of Syr Darya River. It borders with Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Tashkent Region, and Jizzakh Region. It covers an area of 4,276 square kilometres (1,651 sq mi),[1] and is mostly desert, with the Starving Steppe taking up a significant part of the region's area. The population is estimated to be 860,900 (2021).[2]
Sirdaryo Region
Sirdaryo viloyati | |
|---|---|
 Guliston Mosque | |
 Sirdaryo in Uzbekistan | |
| Coordinates: 40°25′N 68°40′E / 40.417°N 68.667°E | |
| Country | Uzbekistan |
| Capital | Guliston |
| Government | |
| • Hokim | Maxmudaliyev Akmaljon Azimjonovich |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,276 km2 (2,037 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 267 m (876 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 860,900 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (East) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (not observed) |
| ISO 3166 code | UZ-SI |
| Districts | 9 |
| Cities | 5 |
| Townships | 6 |
| Villages | 75 |
| Website | sirdaryo |
The capital is the city of Guliston (pop. est. 91,300, 2021).[2] Other cities and towns include Baxt, Boyovut, Farhod, Qahramon, Sayxun, Sirdaryo, Khavast, Shirin and Yangiyer.
Demography
editThe population of the region is distributed along the main highway, which divides the whole region into two parts: the western and the eastern. The population in mainly Uzbek, with Tajik minorities on the border in the south with Tajikistan (mainly Khavast district).
Administration
editThe Sirdaryo Region consists of 8 districts (listed below) and three district-level cities: Guliston, Shirin and Yangiyer.[3][4]
| Key | District name | District name (uzbek) | District capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oqoltin District | Oqoltin tumani | Sardoba |
| 2 | Boyovut District | Boyovut tumani | Boyovut |
| 3 | Guliston District | Guliston tumani | Dehqonobod |
| 4 | Xovos District | Xovos tumani | Xovos |
| 5 | Mirzaobod District | Mirzaobod tumani | Navroʻz |
| 6 | Sardoba District | Sardoba tumani | Paxtaobod |
| 7 | Sayxunobod District | Sayxunobod tumani | Sayxun |
| 8 | Sirdaryo District | Sirdaryo tumani | Sirdaryo |
There are 5 cities (Guliston, Shirin, Yangiyer, Sirdaryo, Baxt) and 25 urban-type settlements in the Sirdaryo Region.[3][4] In 2004 the Mehnatobod District was abolished and its territory was divided between the Mirzaobod District and the Xovos District.[5]
Climate
editThe climate is a typically arid continental climate with extreme differences between winter and summer temperatures.
Economy
editThe economy is based on cotton and cereal crops, with strong reliance on irrigation and on cattle breeding. Minor crops include forage plants, vegetables, melons, gourds, potatoes, maize, a variety of fruit and grapes. Industry consists of construction materials, irrigation equipment and raw-cotton processing.
Syrdarya contains one of Uzbekistan's largest hydroelectric power plants, which generates one third of the country's electricity.
References
edit- ^ "Passport of the Syrdarya region". Officiel website of Sirdaryo Region. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Urban and rural population by district" (PDF) (in Uzbek). Sirdaryo regional department of statistics.
- ^ a b "Oʻzbekiston Respublikasining maʼmuriy-hududiy boʻlinishi" [Administrative-territorial division of the Republic of Uzbekistan] (in Uzbek). The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics. July 2021. Archived from the original on 4 February 2022.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "597-II-сон 11.02.2004. О внесении некоторых изменений в административно-территориальное устройство Сырдарьинской области".
External links
edit- Kropotkin, Peter Alexeivitch; Bealby, John Thomas (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). p. 304.