Shaykhontohur

Shaykhontohur
(Shayxontohur)
Country:  Uzbekistan
Municipality: Tashkent
Area: 27.2 km²[1]
Population: 285,800 (2009)[1]
Pop. density: 10,507/km²[1]
Established: 1981
Map

Shaykhontohur (also spelled Shayxontohur) is one of 11 districts (tuman) of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.

Overview

It is a north-western district, established in 1981 with the name of Oktober,[2] referred to the October Revolution, part of Russian Revolution of 1917. It is the most densed-populated tuman.

Shaykhontohur, borders with the districts of Uchtepa, Chilanzar, Yakkasaray, Yunusabad and Olmazar. 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.

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Districts_of_Tashkent Districts of Tashkent] at Wikimedia Commons
Bektemir • Chilanzar • Hamza • Mirobod • Mirzo Ulugbek • Olmazar • Sergeli • Shaykhontohur • Uchtepa • Yakkasaray • Yunusabad