Chirakchi District

Chirakchi
District
Chirokchi tumani
Country Uzbekistan
Region Qashqadaryo Region
Capital Chirakchi
Area
  Total 200 km2 (80 sq mi)
Population
  Total 30 000
Time zone UZT (UTC+5)

Chirakchi (Uzbek: Chiroqchi, Чироқчи) is a district (Uzbek: 'tuman') in the north-east of Qashqadaryo Region in Uzbekistan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Chirakchi.

Population: app. 20,000. Mainly Uzbeks, few Tatars, Jews, Russians.

There is a Polish war cemetery for World War II soldiers in Chirakchi.

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