Olmazar
Olmazar (also spelled Olmazor) is one of 11 districts (tuman) of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.
Olmazar
Olmazor | |
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| Country |  Uzbekistan |
| Municipality | Tashkent |
| Established | 1981 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 34.5 km2 (13.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2009)[1] | |
| • Total | 305,400 |
| • Density | 8,900/km2 (23,000/sq mi) |
Overview
It is a northern district and the most populated of Tashkent. It was established in 1981 as Sobir Rakhimov,[2] referring to the Uzbek general and Hero of the Soviet Union during World War II.[3]
Olmazar borders with the districts of Shaykhontohur and Yunusabad. It borders also with Tashkent Province and is close to the Uzbek frontier with South Kazakhstan Province, in Kazakhstan.
References
- (in Russian) Statistics of the subdivisions of Tashkent
- Sadikov, A C; Akramob Z. M., Bazarbaev, A., Mirzlaev T.M., Adilov S. R., Baimukhamedov X. N., et al. (in Russian) (72x112). Geographical Atlas of Tashkent (Ташкент Географический Атлас) (2 ed.). Moscow. p. 64.
- (in Russian) Sobir Rakhimov (also spelled Sabir R.) at warheroes.ru
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