Yunusabad (Uzbek: Yunusobod tumani, Russian: Юнусабадский район, romanizedYunusabadsky rayon) is one of 12 districts (tuman) of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.[3]

Yunusabad
Yunusobod
Location of Yunusabad
Country Uzbekistan
MunicipalityTashkent
Established1981
Area
 • Total40.6 km2 (15.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total352,000
 • Density8,700/km2 (22,000/sq mi)

Overview edit

It is a site of many schools, bazaars, tennis courts and videogame centers and has one mall. The district was established in 1981 with the name of Kirov,[4] referring to the Russian Bolshevik leader Sergey Kirov.

Yunusabad borders with the districts of Olmazar, Shaykhontohur, Chilanzar, Yakkasaray, Mirobod, Hamza and Mirzo Ulugbek. It borders also with Tashkent Province and is close to the Uzbek frontier with South Kazakhstan Province, in Kazakhstan.

References edit

  1. ^ "Districts". City of Tashkent. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Urban and rural population by district" (PDF) (in Uzbek). Tashkent City department of statistics.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ Sadikov, A C; Akramob Z. M., Bazarbaev, A., Mirzlaev T.M., Adilov S. R., Baimukhamedov X. N., et al. (in Russian) (72x112). Geographical Atlas of Tashkent (Ташкент Географический Атлас) (2 ed.). Moscow. p. 64.


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