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Andijan Region
Region of Uzbekistan

Andijan Region is a region of Uzbekistan, located in the eastern part of the Fergana Valley in far eastern Uzbekistan. It borders with Kyrgyzstan (Jalal-Abad and Osh Regions), Fergana Region and Namangan Region. It covers an area of 4,300 km2. The population is estimated to be around 3,253,528 as of 2022, thus making Andijan Region the most densely populated region of Uzbekistan.

The origin of the name of the place is uncertain. Arab geographers of the 10th century referred to Andijan as "Andukan," "Andugan," or "Andigan." Some historians link the name of the place to the Turkic tribal names Andi and Adoq/Azoq. The traditional etymology connects the name with the Turkic ethnonym Gandhi (Gandhi Turks), known from pre-Islamic period.

Andijan Region is divided into 14 administrative districts. The capital is the city of Andijan. The climate is a typically continental climate with extreme differences between winter and summer temperatures.

Natural resources include deposits of petroleum, natural gas, ozokerite and limestone. As with other regions of Uzbekistan, it is famous for its very sweet melons and watermelons, but cultivation of crops can be accomplished exclusively on irrigated lands. Main agriculture includes cotton, cereal, viticulture, cattle raising and vegetable gardening.

Industry includes metal processing, chemical industry, light industry, food processing. The first automobile assembly plant in Central Asia was opened in Asaka in Andijan Region by the Uzbek-Korean joint venture, UzDaewoo, which produces Nexia and Tico cars and the Damas minibus.

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Administrative divisions

The Andijan Region consists of 14 districts (listed below) and two district-level cities: Andijan and Xonobod.78

District nameDistrict capital
1Andijan DistrictKuyganyor
2Asaka DistrictAsaka
3Baliqchi DistrictBaliqchi
4Boʻston DistrictBoʻz
5Buloqboshi DistrictBuloqboshi
6Izboskan DistrictPoytugʻ
7Jalaquduq DistrictJalaquduq
8Xoʻjaobod DistrictXoʻjaobod
9Qoʻrgʻontepa DistrictQoʻrgʻontepa
10Marhamat DistrictMarhamat
11Oltinkoʻl DistrictOltinkol
12Paxtaobod DistrictPaxtaobod
13Shahrixon DistrictShahrixon
14Ulugʻnor DistrictOqoltin

There are 11 cities (Andijan, Xonobod, Jalaquduq, Poytugʻ, Qoʻrgʻontepa, Qorasuv, Asaka, Marhamat, Shahrixon, Paxtaobod, Xoʻjaobod) and 79 urban-type settlements in the Andijan Region.910

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References

  1. Uzbek: Андижон вилояти, romanized: Andijon viloyati, IPA: [ændɨˈdʒɒn ʋɪ̆lɒjæˈtʰɪ̆] /wiki/Uzbek_language

  2. Formerly known as Andizhan Oblast (from Russian Андижанская область). /wiki/Russian_language

  3. "Ўзбекистонда энг кўп аҳоли қайси вилоятда яшайди?". Qalampir.uz (in Uzbek). Retrieved 2022-02-10. https://qalampir.uz/n/55253

  4. Pospelov, E. M. (1998). Geographical Names of the World. Toponymic Dictionary (in Russian). Moscow: Russkie slovari. p. 36. ISBN 5-89216-029-7. 5-89216-029-7

  5. Ziyayev, Baxtiyor (2000–2005). "Andijon". Oʻzbekiston milliy ensiklopediyasi (in Uzbek). Toshkent.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) /wiki/Template:Cite_encyclopedia

  6. Географические названия мира: Топонимический словарь. — М: АСТ. Поспелов Е.М. 2001.

  7. "Oʻzbekiston Respublikasining maʼmuriy-hududiy boʻlinishi" [Administrative-territorial division of the Republic of Uzbekistan] (in Uzbek). The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics. July 2021. Archived from the original on 4 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220204100727/https://api.stat.uz/api/v1.0/data/ozbekiston-respublikasining-mamuriy-hududiy-bol?lang=uz&format=pdf

  8. "Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan" (in Uzbek and Russian). The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics. July 2020. https://stat.uz/uploads/docs/soato(mhobt)_2020.xlsx

  9. "Oʻzbekiston Respublikasining maʼmuriy-hududiy boʻlinishi" [Administrative-territorial division of the Republic of Uzbekistan] (in Uzbek). The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics. July 2021. Archived from the original on 4 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220204100727/https://api.stat.uz/api/v1.0/data/ozbekiston-respublikasining-mamuriy-hududiy-bol?lang=uz&format=pdf

  10. "Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan" (in Uzbek and Russian). The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics. July 2020. https://stat.uz/uploads/docs/soato(mhobt)_2020.xlsx