Yangiyer

40°16′N 68°49′E

Yangiyer
Uzbek: Yangiyer
City
Yangiyer is located in Uzbekistan
Yangiyer
Yangiyer
Location in Uzbekistan
Coordinates: 40°16′N 68°49′E
Country Uzbekistan
RegionSirdaryo Region
Area
 • Metro
30.0 km2 (11.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • City44,200
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Yangiyer (Uzbek: Yangiyer — new land) — is a city in Sirdaryo Region, Eastern Uzbekistan. It is a district-level city.[2] Its population is 44,200 (2021).[1]

Etymology

The name of the city is translated from Uzbek as "new land".

History

It was established in 1957 as part of the grand Soviet project to cultivate the naturally saline virgin lands of Mirzachoʻl, a vast area of about 10,000 square kilometres in Eastern Uzbekistan. The shortage of irrigation water was the main problem hindering the development of agriculture in the area.

Economy

The city has several plants including a plant of building materials, pipe plant, asphalt plant.

Yangier also has a branch of Tashkent Institute of Agriculture and Irrigation Engineering, a college of civil engineering and a museum dedicated to cultivation of virgin lands of Mirzachoʻl

References
  1. "Urban and rural population by district" (PDF) (in Uzbek). Sirdaryo regional department of statistics.
  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.
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