Gʻuzor Explained

Settlement Type:City
Official Name:Gʻuzor
Native Name:Gʻuzor / Ғузoр
Pushpin Map:Uzbekistan
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Uzbekistan
Coordinates:38.6208°N 66.2481°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Uzbekistan
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Qashqadaryo Region
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Gʻuzor District
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:24500

Gʻuzor (Uzbek: Gʻuzor; Tajik: Гузор; Russian: Гузар|Guzar; Persian: گذار) is a city in Qashqadaryo Region in southern Uzbekistan. It serves as the administrative center of Gʻuzor District.[1] Its population is 24,500 (2016).[2]

The town is home to a Polish war cemetery, one of many along the route that General Anders' army took during the Second World War.

History

Guzar was one of the most important cities of the Khanate of Bukhara.[3]

During World War II, in 1942, the organizational center of the Polish Anders' Army was based in Gʻuzor.[4] Many Polish soldiers and civilians died there to epidemic, and there is a Polish Military Cemetery.[5]

The status of the city was assigned in 1977 (before that - a village).

Geography

Located southeast of Karshi on the river Gʻuzordaryo, a tributary of the Kashkadarya.[3] There is a railway station of the same name in the city - a junction of railroads to Karshi, Kitob and Kumkurgan.

Sports

The football club "Shurtan" is based in Guzar, and in 2005-2013 and 2015-2017 played in the Uzbekistan Major League.

Economy

Processing of agricultural raw materials, construction company, chemical and agrochemical enterprises. Light industry enterprises are located in the city.

Social objects

A new sports complex with a modern football arena. Cemetery-memorial to Polish prisoners of war who were in Uzbekistan in the 1940s [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan. uz, ru. July 2020. The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics.
  2. Book: Shaharlar geografiyasi. Geography of cities. uz. Soliyev, A.S.. 146.
  3. Book: Islamic cities in Russian periodicals of the 19th-early 20th century: a collection . составитель Назим Межид ад-Дейрави . М. . 2015 . Садра . 1 . Россия и Исламский мир . 978-5-906016-52-2.
  4. Book: . Ocaleni z "nieludzkiej ziemi". 2012. pl. Instytut Pamięci Narodowej. Łódź. 102. 978-83-63695-00-2.
  5. Book: . Ocaleni z "nieludzkiej ziemi". 48.
  6. Web site: Гузар, город - Узбекистан - Кашкадарьинская область .