Bekabad
Bekobod | |
|---|---|
City | |
  Bekabad Location in Uzbekistan | |
| Coordinates: 40°13′0″N 69°13′0″E / 40.21667°N 69.21667°E | |
| Country |  Uzbekistan |
| Region | Tashkent Region |
| City status | 1945 |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 96,900 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (UZT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (not observed) |
| Postal code | 110500[2] |
| Area code | +998 9091[2] |
Bekobod (Uzbek: Bekobod/Бекобод formerly Begovat) is a district-level city in Tashkent Region, eastern Uzbekistan.[3] It lies along both banks of the Syr Darya River near Uzbekistan's border with Tajikistan.
Bekobod originally arose in connection with a cement plant. It received the status of a city in 1945. Until 1964, the city was known as Begovat.
Bekobod underwent rapid industrialization during the Soviet era. It has retained some of its industrial importance. Bekobod is home to a large steel mill and a cement factory. The Farkhad Dam and Farkhad Hydroelectric Plant lie just upstream from the city.
- ^ "Urban and rural population by district" (PDF) (in Uzbek). Tashkent regional department of statistics.
- ^ a b "Bekabad". SPR (in Russian). Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ "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.