Olmazar

Olmazar
(Olmazor)
Country:  Uzbekistan
Municipality: Tashkent
Area: 34.5 km²[1]
Population: 305,400 (2009)[1]
Pop. density: 8,852/km²[1]
Established: 1981
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Olmazar (also spelled Olmazor) is one of 11 districts (tuman) of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.

Overview

It is a northern district and the most populated of Tashkent. It was established in 1981 with the name of Sobir Rakhimov,[2] referred to the Uzbek general and hero of USSR during World War II.[3]

Olmazar borders with the districts of Shaykhontohur and Yunusabad. It borders also with Tashkent Province and is close to the Uzbek frontier with South Kazakhstan Province, in Kazakhstan.

References

  1. ^ a b c (Russian) Statistics of the subdivisions of Tashkent
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ (Russian) Sobir Rakhimov (also spelled Sabir R.) at warheroes.ru

External links

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