Mirzo Ulugbek

Mirzo Ulugbek
Mirzo Ulugbek; Mirzo Ulug'bek
	District of Tashkent
Country	Uzbekistan
Municipality	Tashkent
Established	1981
Area[1]
• Total	31.9 km2 (12.3 sq mi)
Population (2009)[1]
• Total	245,200
• Density	7,700/km2 (20,000/sq mi)

Mirzo Ulugbek (also spelled Mirzo Ulug'bek or Mirza Ulugbeg) is one of 11 districts (tuman) of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. It was named after the astronomer, mathematician and sultan Ulugh Beg.

Overview

It is a north-eastern district of the city and was established in 1981 with the name of Kuybyshev,^[2] referring to the Russian revolutionary leader Valerian Kuybyshev.

Mirzo Ulugbek borders with the districts of Yunusabad and Yashnobod. It borders also with Tashkent Province.

References

1 2 (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.

External links

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Coordinates: 41°19′46″N 69°20′51″E / 41.3294°N 69.3475°E / 41.3294; 69.3475

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[a-1] 1 2 (in Russian) Statistics of the subdivisions of Tashkent

[2] 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.