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) | Key |
---|---|---|---|---|
Andijon Viloyati | Andijon | 4,200 | 2,477,900 | 2 |
Buxoro Viloyati | Buxoro | 39,400 | 1,576,800 | 3 |
Farg'ona Viloyati | Farg'ona | 6,800 | 2,997,400 | 4 |
Jizzakh 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 | Samarqand | 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 | 15,300 | 2,537,500 | 12 |
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