Editing Regions of Uzbekistan

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{{Infobox subdivision type
| name               = Independent city, autonomous republic,<br />and regions of Uzbekistan
| alt_name           = 
| map                = [[File:Uzbekistan location map.svg|250px]]
| category           = [[Unitary state]]
| territory          = [[Uzbekistan|Republic of Uzbekistan]]
| start_date         = 
| current_number     = [[#List|12 regions]]<br />[[Karakalpakstan|1 autonomous republic]]<br />[[Tashkent|1 independent city]]
| number_date        = 
| population_range   = Regions only:<br />777,100 ([[Sirdaryo Region|Sirdaryo]]) – 3,514,800 ([[Samarqand Region|Samarqand]])
| area_range         = Regions only:<br />{{Convert|1621|sqmi|km2|order=flip|abbr=on}} ([[Andijan Region|Andijan]]) – {{Convert|42780|sqmi|km2|order=flip|abbr=on}} ([[Navoiy Region|Navoiy]]) 
| government         = Regional governments, [[Karakalpakstan#Politics|autonomous government]], [[government of Uzbekistan|national government]]
| subdivision        = [[Districts of Uzbekistan|Tuman]]
}}

{{Politics of Uzbekistan}}

[[Uzbekistan]] is divided into 12 [[region]]s (''viloyatlar'', singular{{spaced ndash}}[[wilayah|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''). 

== 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 [[districts of Uzbekistan|175 districts]] (''tumanlar'', singular ''tuman'').<ref name=stat>{{cite web|url=https://api.stat.uz/api/v1.0/data/ozbekiston-respublikasining-mamuriy-hududiy-bol?lang=uz&format=pdf|title=Oʻzbekiston Respublikasining maʼmuriy-hududiy boʻlinishi|trans-title=Administrative-territorial division of the Republic of Uzbekistan|date=July 2021|publisher=The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics|language=uz|archive-date=4 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204100727/https://api.stat.uz/api/v1.0/data/ozbekiston-respublikasining-mamuriy-hududiy-bol?lang=uz&format=pdf}}</ref><ref name=class>{{cite web|url=https://stat.uz/uploads/docs/soato(mhobt)_2020.xlsx|title=Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan|language=uz, ru|date=July 2020|publisher=The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Key !! Name !! Capital city !! Area (km<sup>2</sup>) !! Population (2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.uz/uploads/ekonom/demograf/doimiy%20aholi%20soni.xls|title=Average number of resident population, 2017}}</ref> !! Population density
|-
! 1 || [[Tashkent]]
| style="text-align: center;" | — || 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 || [[Khorazm Region|Xorazm Region]]
| [[Urgench]] || 6,464 || 1,776,700 || 275
|-
! 14 || [[Karakalpakstan|Republic of Karakalpakstan]]
| [[Nukus]] || 161,358 || 1,817,500 || 11
|}

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==Enclaves and exclaves==
There are four Uzbek [[enclave and exclave|exclaves]], all of them surrounded by [[Kyrgyzstan|Kyrgyz]] territory in the [[Fergana Valley]] region where Kyrgyzstan, [[Tajikistan]] and Uzbekistan meet. Two of them are the towns of [[Sokh District|Sokh]], area of {{Convert|325|km2|abbr=on}} 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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geosite.jankrogh.com/uzbekistan.htm|title=Uzbekistan|website=www.geosite.jankrogh.com}}</ref>) and [[Shohimardon]], area of {{Convert|90|km2|abbr=on}} with a population of 5,100 in 1993 (91% are Uzbeks and the remainder Kyrgyz). The other two are the tiny territories of {{ill|Chon-Qora|uz|Choʻngʻara}} (or Qalacha), roughly {{Convert|3|km|abbr=on}} long and {{Convert|1|km|abbr=on}} wide, and [[Jani-Ayil]] (or Dzhangail), a dot of land barely {{Convert|3|km|abbr=on}} 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 {{Convert|15|km|abbr=on}} long and {{Convert|1|km|abbr=on}} wide, along the road from [[Angren, Uzbekistan|Angren]] to [[Kokand]]. 

The Kyrgyz village of  [[Barak, Kyrgyzstan|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<ref>{{cite web|title=To Survive, Villagers Buck Uzbek Border Controls|first=Nick Solly|last=Megoran|date=24 May 2004|url=http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/business/articles/eav052504.shtml|publisher=EurasiaNet|access-date=2014-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319135142/http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/business/articles/eav052504.shtml|archive-date=19 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> while also allegedly seizing large areas of Kyrgyz land that had been loaned in the Soviet era but never returned.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bad neighbors, bad fences|first=Nick|last=Megoran|publisher=Asia Times Online|date=15 Mar 2000|url=http://www.atimes.com/c-asia/BC15Ag01.html|access-date=2014-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319134228/http://www.atimes.com/c-asia/BC15Ag01.html|archive-date=19 March 2014|url-status=unfit}}</ref> They entrenched themselves within much of Kyrgyz border territory and refused to leave.<ref>{{cite book|title =The Dynamics of Interstate Boundaries (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)|url =https://archive.org/details/dynamicsintersta00gavr_529|url-access =limited|first=George |last=Gavrilis|isbn=978-0521898997 |edition=1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/dynamicsintersta00gavr_529/page/n66 120]–121|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=22 Sep 2008}}</ref> Barak became a ''de facto'' enclave only 1.5&nbsp;km from the shifted main border.<ref name="ea">{{cite web|title=Kyrgyz In Exclave In Uzbekistan Want To Relocate To Kyrgyzstan|date=12 May 2011|url=http://www.eurasianet.org/print/63475|publisher=EurasiaNet|access-date=2014-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319135155/http://www.eurasianet.org/print/63475|archive-date=19 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="trend">{{cite web|title=Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan intensify work on delimitation and demarcation of state border|date=18 Feb 2014|first=Demir|last=Azizov|url=http://en.trend.az/regions/casia/uzbekistan/2243118.html|access-date=2014-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319133327/http://en.trend.az/regions/casia/uzbekistan/2243118.html|archive-date=19 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Продолжаются споры по линии прохождения узбеко-кыргызской границы. Неделимы Сох, Барак и Гавасай |url=http://www.centrasia.ru/newsA.php?st=1014330840 |date=22 Feb 2002 |author=Борис ГОЛОВАНОВ |publisher=Вечерний Бишкек |access-date=2014-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319134929/http://www.centrasia.ru/newsA.php?st=1014330840 |archive-date=19 March 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> ([http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=40.66667,72.76667&z=12&t=K&marker0=40.66667%2C72.76667 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-uzbekistan-agree-to-work-on-land-swap-near-border/29435146.html|title=Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan Agree To Work On Land Swap Near Border|website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty|language=en|access-date=2019-01-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315023547/https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-uzbekistan-agree-to-work-on-land-swap-near-border/29435146.html|archive-date=2019-03-15|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[ISO 3166-2:UZ]]

==References==
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