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]
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]