Regions of Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan is divided into 12 regions (viloyatlar, singular – viloyat, 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).

Independent city, autonomous republic, and regions of Uzbekistan
Category	Unitary state
Location	Republic of Uzbekistan
Number	12 regions 1 autonomous republic 1 independent city
Populations	Regions only: 777,100 (Sirdaryo) – 3,514,800 (Samarqand)
Areas	Regions only: 4,200 km2 (1,621 sq mi) (Andijan) – 110,800 km2 (42,780 sq mi) (Navoiy)
Government	Regional governments, autonomous government, national government
Subdivisions	Tuman

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).^[1][2]

Key	Name	Capital city	Area (km2)	Population (2015)[3]	Population density
1	Tashkent	—	327	2,829,300	8,652
2	Andijan Region	Andijan	4,303	2,965,500	689
3	Bukhara Region	Bukhara	41,937	1,843,500	44
4	Fergana Region	Fergana	7,005	3,564,800	509
5	Jizzakh Region	Jizzakh	21,179	1,301,000	61
6	Namangan Region	Namangan	7,181	2,652,400	369
7	Navoiy Region	Navoiy	109,375	942,800	9
8	Qashqadaryo Region	Qarshi	28,568	3,088,800	108
9	Samarqand Region	Samarkand	16,773	3,651,700	218
10	Sirdaryo Region	Guliston	4,276	803,100	188
11	Surxondaryo Region	Termez	20,099	2,462,300	123
12	Tashkent Region	Nurafshon	15,258	2,424,100	159
13	Xorazm Region	Urgench	6,464	1,776,700	275
14	Republic of Karakalpakstan	Nukus	161,358	1,817,500	11

A clickable map of Uzbekistan exhibiting its regions.

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 325 km² (125 sq mi) 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^[4]) and Shohimardon, area of 90 km² (35 sq mi) with a population of 5,100 in 1993 (91% are Uzbeks and the remainder Kyrgyz). The other two are the tiny territories of Chon-Qora [uz] (or Qalacha), roughly 3 km (1.9 mi) long and 1 km (0.62 mi) wide, and Jani-Ayil (or Dzhangail), a dot of land barely 3 km (1.9 mi) across. Chon-Qora is on the Sokh river, between the Uzbek border and the Sokh exclave.

Uzbekistan has a Tajikistan enclave, the village of Sarvan, which includes a narrow, long strip of land about 15 km (9.3 mi) long and 1 km (0.62 mi) 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^[5] while also allegedly seizing large areas of Kyrgyz land that had been loaned in the Soviet era but never returned.^[6] They entrenched themselves within much of Kyrgyz border territory and refused to leave.^[7] Barak became a de facto enclave only 1.5 km from the shifted main border.^[8][9][10] (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.^[11]

See also

• ISO 3166-2:UZ