Regions of Uzbekistan

Independent City, Autonomous Republic, and Regions of Uzbekistan
Category	Unitary state
Location	Republic of Uzbekistan
Number	12 regions 1 Autonomous Republic 1 Independent City
Populations	(Regions only): 777,100 (Sirdaryo) – 3,514,800 (Samarqand)
Areas	(Regions only): 4,200 km2 (1,621 sq mi) (Andijan) – 110,800 km2 (42,780 sq mi) (Navoiy)
Government	Regional governments, Autonomous government, National government
Subdivisions	Tuman

Uzbekistan is divided into 12 regions (viloyatlar, singular – 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). 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 160 districts (tumanlar, singular tuman).

Division	Capital city	Area (km²)	Population (2015)
Andijan Region	Andijan	4,200	2,857,300
Bukhara Region	Bukhara	39,400	1,785,400
Fergana Region	Fergana	6,800	3,444,900
Jizzakh Region	Jizzakh	20,500	1,250,100
Xorazm Region	Urgench	6,300	1,715,600
Namangan Region	Namangan	7,900	2,554,200
Navoiy Region	Navoiy	110,800	913,200
Qashqadaryo Region	Qarshi	28,400	2,958,900
Samarqand Region	Samarkand	16,400	3,514,800
Sirdaryo Region	Guliston	5,100	777,100
Surxondaryo Region	Termez	20,800	2,358,300
Tashkent Region	Tashkent	15,300	2,758,300
Karakalpakstan	Nukus	160,000	1,763,100
Tashkent	—	335	2,352,300

Enclaves and exclaves

There are four Uzbek exclaves, all of them surrounded by Kyrgyz territory in the Fergana Valley region where Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan meet. Two of them are the towns of Sokh, area of 325 km² (125 sq mi) 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) and Shohimardon, area of 90 km² (35 sq mi) with a population of 5,100 in 1993 (91% are Uzbeks and the remainder Kyrgyz). The other two are the tiny territories of Chon-Kara (or Qalacha), roughly 3 km (1.9 mi) long and 1 km (0.62 mi) wide, and Jani-Ayil (or Dzhangail), a dot of land barely 3 km (1.9 mi) across. Chon-Kara 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 15 km (9.3 mi) long and 1 km (0.62 mi) wide, along the road from Angren to Kokand. The village of Barak (population 627), between the towns of Margilan and Fergana, was earlier thought to have been a tiny Kyrgyzstan enclave, but it has been shown that it is not completely surrounded by Uzbekistan.

See also

• ISO 3166-2:UZ