Olmazor

Olmazor (Uzbek: Olmazor tumani, Russian: Алмазарский район, romanized: Almazarsky rayon) is one of 12 districts (tuman) of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.[3]

For the town in Chinoz District, Uzbekistan, see Olmazor (town).
Olmazor
District of Tashkent
Location of Olmazor
Country Uzbekistan
MunicipalityTashkent
Established1981
Area
[1]
 • Total34.5 km2 (13.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total377,100
 • Density11,000/km2 (28,000/sq mi)

Overview

It is a northern district and the most populated of Tashkent. It was established in 1981 as Sobir Rakhimov,[4] referring to the Uzbek general and Hero of the Soviet Union during World War II.[5]

Olmazor borders with the districts of Shayxontoxur and Yunusabad. It borders also with Tashkent Region and is close to the Uzbek frontier with South Kazakhstan Region, in Kazakhstan.

References
  1. "Districts". City of Tashkent. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  2. "Urban and rural population by district" (PDF) (in Uzbek). Tashkent City department of statistics.
  3. "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.
  4. Sadikov, A C; Akramob Z. M., Bazarbaev, A., Mirzlaev T.M., Adilov S. R., Baimukhamedov X. N., et al. (in Russian) (72x112). Geographical Atlas of Tashkent (Ташкент Географический Атлас) (2 ed.). Moscow. p. 64.
  5. (in Russian) Sobir Rakhimov (also spelled Sabir R.) at warheroes.ru

41.3640°N 69.2280°E / 41.3640; 69.2280

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