Olot, Uzbekistan
{{Other uses|Olot (disambiguation)}}
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| subdivision_name1 = Bukhara Region
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| established_date = 1982
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Olot ({{langx|uz|Olot}}, {{langx|ru|Алат|Alat}}) is a city and seat of Olot District in Bukhara Region in Uzbekistan.{{cite web|url=https://stat.uz/uploads/docs/soato(mhobt)_2020.xlsx|title=Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan|language=uz, ru|date=July 2020|publisher=The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics}} Its population was 8,857 in 1989,[http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng89_reg2.php Population census-1989] and 13,200 in 2016.{{cite book|url=http://e-library.namdu.uz/26%20%D0%95%D1%80%20%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8%20%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80(%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%8F,%20%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0,%20%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F%20%D0%B2%D0%B0%20%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%8F)/shaharlar%20geografiyasi.%20soliyev%20a.s.%20tashtayeva%20s.k.pdf|title=Shaharlar geografiyasi|trans-title=Geography of cities|language=uz|author1=Soliyev, A.S.|page=144}}
The etymology of the name comes from the Turkic tribe Alat or Ala-at, also known in Arabic and Persian as Khalaj, and in Chinese as Boma, Hela, and Heloγ, all with a meaning "piebald horse". During the Middle Age, Alats played a prominent role in the history of southern Uzbekistan, Khorasan (Kalat), Persia and Afghanistan (Khalaj).