Paxtaobod District

Paxtaobod District (Uzbek: Paxtaobod tumani) is a district of Andijan Region in Uzbekistan. It is bordered with Jalal-Abad Region of Kyrgyzstan. The capital lies at the city Paxtaobod.^[1] It has an area of 260 km² (100 sq mi)^[2] and it had 199,900 inhabitants in 2022.^[3]

Paxtaobod District
District
Paxtaobod tumani
Country	Uzbekistan
Region	Andijan Region
Capital	Pakhtaabad
Established	1926
Area
• Total	260 km2 (100 sq mi)
Population  (2022)
• Total	199,900
• Density	770/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (UZT)

The district consists of 1 city (Paxtaobod), 3 urban-type settlements (Do'stlik, Izboskan and Pushmon) and 4 rural communities.^[1]

The district formerly named as Qo'qonqishloq prior and during the Soviet. It is believed that people living in the region once came from Qo'qon (Kokand) so it is named as Qo'qonqishloq which directly translates as "the village of Kokan people".