Tashkent
Toshkent Ташкент, Tachkent, Tashkand, Toshkent | |
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| Tashkent | |
Clockwise from top: Skyline of Tashkent, Kukeldash Madrasa, Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God, Supreme Assembly building, Amir Timur Museum, Humo Ice Dome, Hilton Tashkent City, Tashkent at night. | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Nickname: Tosh (A rock) | |
| Motto(s): Kuch Adolatdadir ("Strength is in Justice") | |
 Location of Tashkent in Uzbekistan | |
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  Tashkent  Tashkent  Tashkent | |
| Coordinates: 41°18′40″N 69°16′47″E / 41.31111°N 69.27972°E | |
| Country |  Uzbekistan |
| Settled | 3rd century BCE |
| Divisions | 12 districts |
| Government | |
| • Type | City Administration |
| • Hakim (Mayor) | Shavkat Umirzakov |
| Area | |
| 631.29 km2 (243.74 sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 6,400 km2 (2,500 sq mi) |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 25 km (16 mi) |
| • Width | 30 km (20 mi) |
| Elevation | 455 m (1,493 ft) |
| Population (1 January 2024)[2] | |
| +3,040,800 [1] | |
| • Rank | 1st in Uzbekistan |
| • Density | 4,816/km2 (12,470/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,575,431 |
| • Metro | 2,633,661 |
| • Metro density | 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+05:00 (Uzbekistan Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | (Not Observed) |
| Area code | 71 |
| Vehicle registration | 01 |
| HDI (2019) | 0.820[3] very high |
| International Airports | Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport |
| Rapid transit system | Tashkent Metro |
| Website | tashkent |
| Official name | Western Tien-Shan Mountain |
| Criteria | Natural: |
| Reference | 1490 |
| Inscription | 2016 (40th Session) |
| Area | 528,177.6 ha (1,305,155 acres) |
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Tashkent (/tæʃˈkɛnt/),[a] or Toshkent in Uzbek,[b] is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan.[c] It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of more than 3 million people as of April 1st 2024.[4] It is located in northeastern Uzbekistan, near the border with Kazakhstan.
Before the influence of Islam in the mid-8th century AD, Sogdian and Turkic culture was predominant. After Genghis Khan destroyed the city in 1219, it was rebuilt and profited from its location on the Silk Road. From the 18th to the 19th centuries, the city became an independent city-state, before being re-conquered by the Khanate of Kokand. In 1865, Tashkent fell to the Russian Empire; as a result, it became the capital of Russian Turkestan. In Soviet times, it witnessed major growth and demographic changes due to forced deportations from throughout the Soviet Union. Much of Tashkent was destroyed in the 1966 Tashkent earthquake, but it was soon rebuilt as a model Soviet city. It was the fourth-largest city in the Soviet Union at the time, after Moscow, Leningrad and Kyiv.[5]
Today, as the capital of an independent Uzbekistan, Tashkent retains a multiethnic population, with ethnic Uzbeks as the majority. In 2009, it celebrated 2,200 years of its written history.[6]
- ^ "Toshkent shahri (City, Uzbekistan) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". City Population.
- ^ "Распределение численности постоянного населения в городе Ташкент". Web.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "Юбилей Ташкента. Такое бывает только раз в 2200 лет". Фергана – международное агентство новостей. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
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