| Independent city, autonomous republic, and regions of Uzbekistan | |
| Category: | Unitary state |
| Territory: | Republic of Uzbekistan |
| Current Number: | 12 regions 1 autonomous republic 1 independent city |
| Population Range: | Regions only: 777,100 (Sirdaryo) – 3,514,800 (Samarqand) |
| Area Range: | Regions only: 1621order=flipNaNorder=flip (Andijan) – 42780order=flipNaNorder=flip (Navoiy) |
| Government: | Regional governments, autonomous government, national government |
| Subdivision: | Tuman |
Uzbekistan is divided into 12 regions (viloyatlar, singularviloyat, viloyati in compound, e.g. Toshkent viloyati), 1 autonomous republic (respublika, respublikasi in compound, e.g. Qaraqalpaqstan Avtonom Respublikasi), and 1 independent city (shahar or shahri in compounds, e.g. Toshkent shahri).
Names are given below in the Uzbek language, although numerous variations of the transliterations of each name exist. The regions in turn are divided into 175 districts (tumanlar, singular tuman).[1] [2]
| Key | Name | Capital city | Area (km2) | Population (2015)[3] | Population density | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tashkent | — | 327 | 2,829,300 | 8,652 | |
| 2 | Andijan Region | 4,303 | 2,965,500 | 689 | ||
| 3 | Bukhara Region | 41,937 | 1,843,500 | 44 | ||
| 4 | Fergana Region | 7,005 | 3,564,800 | 509 | ||
| 5 | Jizzakh Region | 21,179 | 1,301,000 | 61 | ||
| 6 | Namangan Region | 7,181 | 2,652,400 | 369 | ||
| 7 | Navoiy Region | 109,375 | 942,800 | 9 | ||
| 8 | Qashqadaryo Region | 28,568 | 3,088,800 | 108 | ||
| 9 | Samarqand Region | 16,773 | 3,651,700 | 218 | ||
| 10 | Sirdaryo Region | 4,276 | 803,100 | 188 | ||
| 11 | Surxondaryo Region | 20,099 | 2,462,300 | 123 | ||
| 12 | Tashkent Region | 15,258 | 2,424,100 | 159 | ||
| 13 | Xorazm Region | 6,464 | 1,776,700 | 275 | ||
| 14 | Republic of Karakalpakstan | 161,358 | 1,817,500 | 11 |
There are four Uzbek exclaves, all of them surrounded by Kyrgyz territory in the Fergana Valley region where Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan meet. Two of them are the towns of Sokh, area of 325km2 with a population of 42,800 in 1993 (with some estimates as high as 70,000, of which 99% are Tajiks and the remainder Uzbeks[4]) and Shohimardon, area of 90km2 with a population of 5,100 in 1993 (91% are Uzbeks and the remainder Kyrgyz). The other two are the tiny territories of (or Qalacha), roughly 3km (02miles) long and 1km (01miles) wide, and (or Dzhangail), a dot of land barely 3km (02miles) across. Chon-Qora is on the Sokh river, between the Uzbek border and the Sokh exclave.
Uzbekistan has a Tajikistan enclave, the village of Sarvan, which includes a narrow, long strip of land about 15km (09miles) long and 1km (01miles) wide, along the road from Angren to Kokand.
The Kyrgyz village of Barak (population 627) lies 15 km north of Osh. In August 1999, the area around Barak was occupied by Uzbekistan, cutting it off from Kyrgyz territory. Uzbek forces dug up and blockaded the road to Ak-Tash[5] while also allegedly seizing large areas of Kyrgyz land that had been loaned in the Soviet era but never returned.[6] They entrenched themselves within much of Kyrgyz border territory and refused to leave.[7] Barak became a de facto enclave only 1.5 km from the shifted main border.[8] [9] [10] (Map) In August 2018 Kyrgyz and Uzbek authorities agreed to a land swap that would eliminate the exclave. The exchange process may take up to two years.[11]