Piskent District

Piskent (Uzbek: Piskent tumani, Пискент тумани[1] or Pskent tumani / Пскент тумани[2]) is a district of Tashkent Region in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at the city Piskent.[2] It has an area of 790 km2 (310 sq mi)[3] and it had 102,000 inhabitants in 2021.[4] The district consists of one city (Piskent), 2 urban-type settlements (Muratali, Said) and 6 rural communities (Oq tepa, Dungqoʻrgʻon, Kelovchi, Murotali, Koriz, Said).[2]

Piskent
Piskent tumani
CountryUzbekistan
RegionTashkent Region
CapitalPiskent
Established1926
Area
  Total790 km2 (310 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
  Total102,000
  Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (UZT)

References

  1. "Пискент тумани" [Piskent tumani] (PDF). National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan (in Uzbek). Tashkent. 2000–2005. pp. 233–234.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. "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.
  3. "Toshkent viloyatining ma'muriy-hududiy bo'linishi" [Administrative-territorial division of the Tashkent Region] (PDF) (in Uzbek). Tashkent regional department of statistics.
  4. "Urban and rural population by district" (PDF) (in Uzbek). Tashkent regional department of statistics.

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