Navoiy Region

Navoiy Region (Uzbek: Навоий вилояти, Navoiy viloyati, Russian: Навоийская область) is one of the regions of Uzbekistan. It is located in the central north/northwest of the country. It covers an area of 111,095 km2 (42,894 sq mi) (a large part of which is taken up by the Kyzyl-Kum desert), which makes it the largest of the regions of Uzbekistan (the autonomous Karakalpakstan Republic is still larger at 166,590 km2).[1] The Navoiy region borders with Kazakhstan, Samarqand Region, Buxoro Region, Jizzakh Region, and the Karakalpakstan Republic. The population is estimated 1,033,857 (2022), with 51% living in rural areas.[2][3] The capital is Navoiy (pop. est. 146,900).[4] The region and its capital are named after the poet Ali-Shir Nava'i.

Navoiy Region
Навоий вилояти / Navoiy viloyati (Uzbek)
Region
Sentob Valley
Sentob Valley
Navoiy in Uzbekistan
Navoiy in Uzbekistan
Coordinates: 42°0′N 64°15′E
CountryUzbekistan
CapitalNavoiy
Government
 • HokimNormat Tursunov
Area
 • Total111,095 km2 (42,894 sq mi)
Elevation
126 m (413 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total1,033,857
 • Density9.3/km2 (24/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (East)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (not observed)
ISO 3166 codeUZ-NW
Districts8
Cities7
Towns46
Villages582
Websitewww.navoi.uz
Sarmishsay (Navoi Region) Rock Art 3rd millennium BCE

The climate is a typically semi-desert continental climate. Navoiy region has significant natural resources, especially natural gas, petroleum, and precious metals, plus raw materials for construction. The region's economy is heavily dependent on large mining, metallurgical and chemical production complexes. The Navoi and Zarafshan mines produce some of the world's purest gold.

Leading agricultural products are cotton and Karakul sheep. Some 90% of the entire area is considered potentially rich agricultural land, if a source of water for irrigation can be located.

Administrative divisions
Districts of Navoiy

The Navoiy Region consists of 8 districts (listed below) and three district-level cities: Navoiy, Zarafshon and Gʻozgʻon.[1][4]

KeyDistrict nameDistrict capital
1Konimex DistrictKonimex
2Qiziltepa DistrictQiziltepa
3Xatirchi DistrictYangirabod
4Navbahor DistrictBeshrabot
5Karmana DistrictKarmana
6Nurota DistrictNurota
7Tomdi DistrictTomdibuloq
8Uchquduq DistrictUchquduq

There are 7 cities (Navoiy, Zarafshon, Gʻozgʻon, Qiziltepa, Nurota, Uchquduq, Yangirabod) and 46 urban-type settlements in the Navoiy Region.[1][4]

Economy

Navoiy Region is located in the central part of Uzbekistan, being one of the largest industrial centres of the country. The region possesses rich minerals and raw materials resources – Muruntau gold-bearing field, silica sand fields (of more than 1.5 billion tons), deposits of granite (1.9 billion cubic meters), marble (420 million cubic meters), phosphorites (1.5 billion tons) and many others.

Navoiy Mining and Metallurgy Combinat – the biggest enterprise of the region, is included in top ten largest world producers of uranium and gold (9999 standard). Gold bars produced by the Combinat are awarded with the status of “optimal gold delivery” by London Precious Metals Market and Tokyo Commodities Exchange. Along with mining, the region’s economy is based on production of building materials, chemical, textile and food industries.

Further information: Okzhetpes mine

40 foreign investment enterprises operate in Navoiy Region. Most of them are established with participation of investors from USA, China, Russia and the United Kingdom – Uzbek-British Joint Venture “Amantaytau-Goldfields” is successfully working in the region. [5] [6]

In 2019 the entire region was made a "free economic zone" by presidential decree. [7]

References
  1. "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.
  2. "O'zbekistonda eng ko'p aholi qaysi viloyatda yashaydi?". Qalampir.uz (in Uzbek). Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  3. "Urban and rural population by district" (PDF) (in Uzbek). Navoiy regional department of statistics.
  4. "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.
  5. Uzinfoinvest Agency
  6. "Investment Guide for Navoi Region".
  7. "Dentons - Uzbekistan has declared its largest region a free economic zone".
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