Paxtaobod District | |
Settlement Type: | District |
Official Name: | Paxtaobod tumani |
Mapsize: | 270px |
Mapsize1: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Uzbekistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Andijan Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Capital |
Subdivision Name2: | Pakhtaabad |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1926 |
Area Total Km2: | 260 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Total: | 199900 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | UZT |
Utc Offset: | +5 |
Paxtaobod District (uz|Paxtaobod tumani) is a district of Andijan Region in Uzbekistan. It is bordered with Jalal-Abad Region of Kyrgyzstan. The capital lies at the city Paxtaobod.[1] It has an area of [2] and it had 199,900 inhabitants in 2022.[3]
The district consists of 1 city (Paxtaobod), 3 urban-type settlements (Do'stlik, Izboskan and Pushmon) and 4 rural communities.[1]
The district formerly named as Qo'qonqishloq prior and during the Soviet. It is believed that people living in the region once came from Qo'qon (Kokand) so it is named as Qo'qonqishloq which directly translates as "the village of Kokan people".