Yangiyer Explained

40.2667°N 117°W

Official Name:Yangiyer
Native Name:Uzbek: Yangiyer
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Uzbekistan
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Uzbekistan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Uzbekistan
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Sirdaryo Region
Area Metro Km2:30.0
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:44200
Coordinates:40.2667°N 117°W
Postal Code Type:121000
Postal Code:121001

Yangiyer (Uzbek: Yangiyernew land) — is a city in Sirdaryo Region, Eastern Uzbekistan. It is a district-level city.[1] Its population is 44,200 (2021).[2]

Etymology

The name of the city is translated from Uzbek as "new land".

History

It was established in 1957 as part of the grand Soviet project to cultivate the naturally saline virgin lands of Mirzachoʻl, a vast area of about 10,000 square kilometres in Eastern Uzbekistan. The shortage of irrigation water was the main problem hindering the development of agriculture in the area.

Economy

The city has several plants including a plant of building materials, pipe plant, asphalt plant.

Yangier also has a branch of Tashkent Institute of Agriculture and Irrigation Engineering, a college of civil engineering and a museum dedicated to cultivation of virgin lands of Mirzachoʻl

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: Urban and rural population by district. Sirdaryo regional department of statistics. uz.