Xoʻjaobod Explained

Settlement Type:City
Official Name:Xoʻjaobod
Pushpin Map:Uzbekistan
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Uzbekistan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Andijan Region
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Xoʻjaobod District
Established Title:Town status
Established Date:1981
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:20200
Timezone:UZT
Utc Offset:+5
Coordinates:40.6653°N 72.5667°W

Xoʻjaobod (also spelled as Khodjaabad, Uzbek: Xoʻjaobod, Хўжаобод, Russian: Ходжаабад) is a town in Andijan Region, Uzbekistan. It is the administrative center of Xoʻjaobod District.[1] Its population was 12,831 in 1989,[2] and 20,200 in 2016.[3]

Xoʻjaobod is the site of the Dustlik border crossing leading to Osh, Kyrgyzstan, which has been unused in recent years.[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. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng89_reg2.php Перепись-1989
  3. Book: Shaharlar geografiyasi. Geography of cities. uz. Soliyev, A.S.. 143.
  4. News: Kyrgyzstan Delegation Pays Landmark Uzbekistan Visit . . October 3, 2016 . The large group of guests was ceremonially greeted by deputy Uzbek prime minister Adham Ikramov at the Dustlik (“Friendship”) border crossing in Uzbekistan’s Xoʻjaobod District, which sits adjacent to Osh and has lain unused for many years. . https://web.archive.org/web/20170117044856/http://www.eurasianet.org/node/80751 . January 17, 2017.