Qibray District Explained

Qibray
Settlement Type:District
Official Name:Qibray tumani
Mapsize:270px
Mapsize1:150px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Uzbekistan
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Tashkent Region
Subdivision Type2:Capital
Subdivision Name2:Qibray
Established Title:Established
Established Date:1933
Area Total Km2:559
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:202,200
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:UZT
Utc Offset:+5

Qibray is a district of Tashkent Region in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at the town Qibray.[1] It has an area of [2] and it had 202,200 inhabitants in 2021.[3] The district consists of 16 urban-type settlements (Qibray, Salar, Argin, Taraqqiyot, Alisherobod, Geofizika, Doʻrmon, Yoshlik, Koʻprik boshi, Madaniyat, Mustaqillik, Nurafshon, Uymaut, Unqoʻrgʻon-1, Oʻtkir, X.Amirov) and 10 rural communities.[1]

History

The district was formed in the 1930s under the name Ordzhonikidze district. In 1956, the Kazakh SSR transferred part of the lands of the Golodnaya Steppe to the Uzbek SSR. The Bostandyk district of the South Kazakhstan region (now the Bostanliq district of the Tashkent region), part of the Ordzhonikidze district (now the Qibray district of the Tashkent region) was also transferred. It was abolished in 1963 and restored in 1964. In 1992, it was renamed Qibray district.[4]

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. Web site: Toshkent viloyatining ma'muriy-hududiy bo'linishi. Administrative-territorial division of the Tashkent Region. Tashkent regional department of statistics. uz. PDF.
  3. Web site: Urban and rural population by district. Tashkent regional department of statistics. uz.
  4. Web site: ТАШКЕНТСКИЙ ВИЛАЙЕТ. https://web.archive.org/web/20101227133512/http://wwhp.ru/tashk.htm. dead. 2010-12-27. 2010-12-27. 2019-03-17.