Paxtaobod District
District
Paxtaobod tumani
CountryUzbekistan
RegionAndijan Region
CapitalPakhtaabad
Established1926
Area
 • Total260 km2 (100 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total199,900
 • Density770/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (UZT)

Paxtaobod District (Uzbek: Paxtaobod tumani) is a district of Andijan Region in Uzbekistan. It is bordered with Jalal-Abad Region of Kyrgyzstan. The capital lies at the city Paxtaobod.[1] It has an area of 260 km2 (100 sq mi)[2] and it had 199,900 inhabitants in 2022.[3]

The district consists of 1 city (Paxtaobod), 3 urban-type settlements (Do'stlik, Izboskan and Pushmon) and 4 rural communities.[1]

The district formerly named as Qo'qonqishloq prior and during the Soviet. It is believed that people living in the region once came from Qo'qon (Kokand) so it is named as Qo'qonqishloq which directly translates as "the village of Kokan people".

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  2. ↑ "O'zbekiston Respublikasining ma'muriy-hududiy bo'linishi" [Administrative-territorial division of the Republic of Uzbekistan] (PDF) (in Uzbek). Andijan regional department of statistics.
  3. ↑ "Hududlar bo'yicha shahar va qishloq aholisi soni" [Urban and rural population by district] (PDF) (in Uzbek). Andijan regional department of statistics.

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