Jizzakh Region (Uzbek: Jizzax viloyati, Жиззах вилояти, جیزخ ولايتى, Russian: Джизакская область, romanized: Dzhizakskaya Oblast') is one of the regions of Uzbekistan. It is located in the center/east of the country. It borders Tajikistan to the south and south-east, Samarqand Region to the west, Navoiy Region to the north-west, Kazakhstan to the north, and Sirdaryo Region to the east. It covers an area of 21,210 km2.[1] The population is 1,443,408 (2022 estimate) with 53% living in rural areas.[2][3]
The regional capital is Jizzakh (pop. 179,200, 2020). Other major towns include Doʻstlik, Gagarin, Gʻallaorol, Paxtakor, and Dashtobod. Jizzakh Region was formerly a part of Sirdaryo Region but was given separate status in 1973.[4]
^"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.
^"O'zbekistonda eng ko'p aholi qaysi viloyatda yashaydi?". Qalampir.uz (in Uzbek). Retrieved 2022-02-10.
^"Жиззах вилоятининг ижтимоий–иқтисодий ривожланиши, иқтисодиёт тармоқлари ва ҳудудлар ҳолати 2020 йил II-чорак" [Socio-economic development of Jizzakh region, the state of industries and regions in the II quarter of 2020] (in Uzbek). Jizzakh regional department of statistics. p. 113.
^"Жиззах вилояти" [Jizzakh Region] (PDF). National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan (in Uzbek). Tashkent. 2000–2005. pp. 136–140.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
JizzakhRegion (Uzbek: Jizzax viloyati, Жиззах вилояти, جیزخ ولايتى, Russian: Джизакская область, romanized: Dzhizakskaya Oblast') is one of the regions...
Jizzakh (Uzbek: Jizzax/Жиззах, pronounced [dʒɨzzaχ]) is a city and the center of JizzakhRegion in Uzbekistan, located in the northeast of Samarkand....
Sogdiyona Jizzakh (Uzbek: Soʻgʻdiyona Jizzax Futbol Klubi / "Сўғдиёна" Жиззах Футбол Клуби), formerly known as Sogdiana, is an Uzbek professional football...
Darya River. It borders with Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Tashkent Region, and JizzakhRegion. It covers an area of 4,276 square kilometres (1,651 sq mi), and...
larger at 166,590 km2). The Navoiy region borders with Kazakhstan, Samarqand Region, Buxoro Region, JizzakhRegion, and the Karakalpakstan Republic. The...
He served as governor (Hakim) of JizzakhRegion from 1996 to September 2001, then as governor of Samarqand Region from September 2001 until his appointment...
Surxondaryo Region) Samarkand Oblast (today: Samarkand Region, JizzakhRegion, Sirdaryo Region) Tashkent Oblast (today: Toshkent Region) Fergana Oblast...
Jizzakh State Pedagogical University (JSPU) is one of the largest institutions of higher education and research centers in Uzbekistan, and a part of the...
Zaamin National Park (Uzbek: Zomin togʻ-oʻrmon davlat qoʻriqxonasi) in JizzakhRegion is the oldest nature reserve in Uzbekistan. It was created in 1926 as...
Karakalpakstan Navoiy Khorezm Bukhara Qashqadaryo Surxondaryo Samarkand Jizzakh Fergana Andijan Namangan Sirdaryo Tashkent Tashkent City The regions are...
convocations of the Oliy Majlis, the 3rd khokim of JizzakhRegion, the 4th khokim of Samarkand Region. After that, he was appointed Prime Minister of Uzbekistan...
Zomin is a district of JizzakhRegion in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at the town Zomin. Its area is 2,670 km2 (1,030 sq mi), and the estimated population...
Toshqulov Akbar Joraboyevich (born September 21, 1971, in Jizzakhregion) is the Minister of Justice of Uzbekistan, a legal expert, and a senior justice...
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...
Oliy Majlis (parliament), the 3rd hokim of the JizzakhRegion, and the 4th hokim of the Samarkand Region. In 2003, he was appointed Prime Minister of Uzbekistan...
Bakhodyr Rakhmanov (Russian: Баходыр Рахманов; born 17 March 1964 in Pakhtakor) is a former Soviet and Uzbekistani football player. Navbahor Namangan Uzbekistan...
Baxmal (Uzbek: Baxmal tumani) is a district of JizzakhRegion in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at the town Oʻsmat. It has an area of 1,860 km2 (720 sq mi)...
Qoʻqonov, in Russian Самандар Куканов), born in 1945 in Forish District, JizzakhRegion, Uzbekistan, was a politician from the Erk Democratic Party of Uzbekistan...
1996 when he was appointed as Hakim of the JizzakhRegion. He later became the Hakim of Samarqand Region in September 2001 and would keep this position...
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