Provinces of uzbekistan

Uzbekistan is divided into 12 provinces (viloyatlar, singular – viloyat, viloyati in compound, e.g. Toshkent viloyati), 1 autonomous republic (respublika, respublikasi in compound, e.g. Qaraqalpaqstan Avtonom Respublikasi), and 1 independent city (shahar or shahri in compounds, e.g. Toshkent shahri). Names are given below in the Uzbek language, although numerous variations of the transliterations of each name exist. The statistics for Toshkent Viloyati (Tashkent Province) also include the statistics for Toshkent Shahri (Tashkent City). The provinces in turn are divided into 160 districts (tumanlar, singular tuman).

Division Capital City Area
(km²)		 Population (2008)[1] Key
Andijan Province Andijan 4,200 2,477,900 2
Bukhara Province Bukhara 39,400 1,576,800 3
Fergana Province Fergana 6,800 2,997,400 4
Jizzakh Province Jizzakh 20,500 1,090,900 5
Xorazm Province Urgench 6,300 1,517,600 13
Namangan Province Namangan 7,900 2,196,200 6
Navoiy Province Navoiy 110,800 834,100 7
Qashqadaryo Province Qarshi 28,400 2,537,600 8
Karakalpakstan Nukus 160,000 1,612,300 14
Samarqand Province Samarkand 16,400 3,032,000 9
Sirdaryo Province Guliston 5,100 698,100 10
Surxondaryo Province Termez 20,800 2,012,600 11
Tashkent Province Tashkent 15,300 2,537,500 12


Enclaves and exclaves

There are four Uzbek Shohimardon, area of 90 km2 (35 sq mi) with a population of 5,100 in 1993 (91% are Uzbeks and the remainder Kyrgyz). The other two are the tiny territories of Chon-Kara (or Qalacha), roughly 3 km (1.9 mi) long and 1 km (0.62 mi) wide, and Jani-Ayil (or Dzhangail), a dot of land barely 3 km (1.9 mi) across. Chon-Kara is on the Sokh river, between the Uzbek border and the Sokh exclave.

Uzbekistan has a Tajikistan enclave, the village of Sarvan, which includes a narrow, long strip of land about 15 km (9.3 mi) long and 1 km (0.62 mi) wide, along the road from Angren to Kokand. The village of Barak (population 627), between the towns of Margilan and Fergana, was earlier thought to have been a tiny Kyrgyzstan enclave, but it has been shown that it is not completely surrounded by Uzbekistan.

See also

References

Provinces of Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Articles on first-level administrative divisions of Asian countries

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