Uzbekistan is divided into 12 regions (viloyatlar, singularviloyat, viloyati in compound, e.g. Toshkent viloyati), 1 autonomous republic (respublika, respublikasi in compound, e.g. Qaraqalpaqstan Avtonom Respublikasi), and 1 independent city (shahar or shahri in compounds, e.g. Toshkent shahri).
List Names are given below in the Uzbek language, although numerous variations of the transliterations of each name exist. The regions in turn are divided into 175 districts (tumanlar, singular tuman).
Key Name Capital city Area (km2) Population (2026) Population density 1 Tashkent — 327 3,195,900 9,773 2 Andijan Region Andijan 4,303 3,533,900 821 3 Bukhara Region Bukhara 41,937 2,112,200 50 4 Fergana Region Fergana 7,005 4,239,400 605 5 Jizzakh Region Jizzakh 21,179 1,559,883 74 6 Namangan Region Namangan 7,181 3,202,700 446 7 Navoiy Region Navoiy 109,375 1,118,595 10 8 Qashqadaryo Region Qarshi 28,568 3,731,800 131 9 Samarqand Region Samarkand 16,773 4,396,800 262 10 Sirdaryo Region Guliston 4,276 942,630 220 11 Surxondaryo Region Termez 20,099 3,024,900 151 12 Tashkent Region Nurafshon 15,258 3,174,600 208 13 Xorazm Region Urgench 6,464 2,075,000 321 14 Republic of Karakalpakstan Nukus 161,358 2,046,890 13
Enclaves and exclaves There are four Uzbek exclaves, all of them surrounded by Kyrgyz territory in the Fergana Valley region where Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan meet. Two of them are the towns of Sokh, area of with a population of 42,800 in 1993 (with some estimates as high as 70,000, of which 99% are Tajiks and the remainder Uzbeks) and Shohimardon, area of with a population of 5,100 in 1993 (91% are Uzbeks and the remainder Kyrgyz). The other two are the tiny territories of (or Qalacha), roughly long and wide, and Jangail, a dot of land barely across. Chon-Qora is on the Sokh river, between the Uzbek border and the Sokh exclave. Chong-Qora and Jangail are now part of Kirghizistan.
Uzbekistan has a Tajikistan enclave, the village of Sarvan, which includes a narrow, long strip of land about long and wide, along the road from Angren to Kokand.
The Kyrgyz village of Barak (population 627) lies 15 km north of Osh. In August 1999, the area around Barak was occupied by Uzbekistan, cutting it off from Kyrgyz territory. Uzbek forces dug up and blockaded the road to Ak-Tash while also allegedly seizing large areas of Kyrgyz land that had been loaned in the Soviet era but never returned. They entrenched themselves within much of Kyrgyz border territory and refused to leave. Barak became a de facto enclave only 1.5 km from the shifted main border. (Map) In August 2018 Kyrgyz and Uzbek authorities agreed to a land swap that would eliminate the exclave. The exchange process may take up to two years.
See also ISO 3166-2:UZ
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