Qashqadaryo Province
Qashqadaryo viloyati Қашқадарё вилояти Qashqadaryo
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Location of Qashqadaryo Province in Uzbekistan | |
Basic data | |
Country | Uzbekistan |
Capital | Qarshi |
surface | 28,400 km² |
Residents | 3,088,800 (2017) |
density | 109 inhabitants per km² |
ISO 3166-2 | UZ-QA |
Coordinates: 38 ° 48 ' N , 66 ° 12' E
The province of Qashqadaryo ( Uzbek : Qashqadaryo viloyati or in Cyrillic script Қашқадарё вилояти, also German : Province of Kaschkadarja ) is one of the twelve provinces of Uzbekistan . It is located in the southern part of the country in the basin of the Qashqadaryo River on the foothills of the Pamir in the Alai Mountains . The province borders the Uzbek provinces of Buxoro , Navoiy , Samarqand and Surxondaryo , as well as the Turkmen region of Lebap and the Tajik province of Sughd .
The area of the province is 28,400 km², the population (2017) 3,088,800 people. About 73 percent of the population live in rural areas; the population density is 109 inhabitants per square kilometer. The ISO 3166-2 code of the province is UZ-QA
, the regional capital is Qarshi with about 226,000 inhabitants.
history
A region called Qashqadaryo already existed in the Uzbek SSR in 1925, but this was abolished in 1926/27 and a district with the same name was founded (until 1930). The province was finally established on January 20, 1943, but abolished in January 1960 and restored in July 1964.
Breakdown
district | main place | district | main place |
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Bahoriston | Pomuq | Chiroqchi | Chiroqchi |
Dehqonobod | Karashina | Gʻuzor | Gʻuzor |
Kasbi | Mug'lon | Kitob | Kitob |
Koson | Koson | Muborak | Muborak |
Nishon | Yangi Nishon | Qamashi | Qamashi |
Qarshi | Beshkent | Shahrisabz | Shahrisabz |
Usmon Yusupov | Yangi Mirishkor | Yakkabog ' | Yakkabog ' |
Administratively, the province of Qashqadaryo is divided into 14 districts and the two provincial cities Qarshi and Shahrisabz . Shahrisabz, the former Kish and birth town of Amir Temur , is the main tourist attraction of the region.
Climate and economy
Qashqadaryo is located in a zone of continental and subtropical climate , natural resources include petroleum and natural gas . Other important branches of industry are wool processing, textiles, light and food industries as well as the manufacture of building materials. In agriculture, cotton plantations , field furrowing and cattle breeding predominate. The Talimarjon reservoir guarantees the irrigation of the fields .