Regions of Uzbekistan#Enclaves and exclaves
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{{Infobox subdivision type
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and regions of Uzbekistan
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| category = Unitary state
| territory = Republic of Uzbekistan
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| current_number = 12 regions
1 autonomous republic
1 independent city
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| population_range = Regions only:
777,100 (Sirdaryo) – 3,514,800 (Samarqand)
| area_range = Regions only:
{{Convert|1621|sqmi|km2|order=flip|abbr=on}} (Andijan) – {{Convert|42780|sqmi|km2|order=flip|abbr=on}} (Navoiy)
| government = Regional governments, autonomous government, national government
| subdivision = Tuman
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Uzbekistan is divided into 12 regions (viloyatlar, singular{{spaced ndash}}viloyat, viloyati in compound, e.g. Toshkent viloyati), 1 autonomous republic (respublika, respublikasi in compound, e.g. Qaraqalpaqstan Avtonom Respublikasi), and 1 independent city (shahar or shahri in compounds, e.g. Toshkent shahri).
List
Names are given below in the Uzbek language, although numerous variations of the transliterations of each name exist. The regions in turn are divided into 175 districts (tumanlar, singular tuman).{{cite web|url=https://api.stat.uz/api/v1.0/data/ozbekiston-respublikasining-mamuriy-hududiy-bol?lang=uz&format=pdf|title=Oʻzbekiston Respublikasining maʼmuriy-hududiy boʻlinishi|trans-title=Administrative-territorial division of the Republic of Uzbekistan|date=July 2021|publisher=The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics|language=uz|archive-date=4 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204100727/https://api.stat.uz/api/v1.0/data/ozbekiston-respublikasining-mamuriy-hududiy-bol?lang=uz&format=pdf}}{{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}}
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! Key !! Name !! Capital city !! Area (km2) !! Population (2015){{cite web|url=http://www.stat.uz/uploads/ekonom/demograf/doimiy%20aholi%20soni.xls|title=Average number of resident population, 2017}} !! Population density |
| 1 || Tashkent
| style="text-align: center;" | — || 327 || 2,829,300 || 8,652 |
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| 2 || Andijan Region
| Andijan || 4,303 || 2,965,500 || 689 |
| 3 || Bukhara Region
| Bukhara || 41,937 || 1,843,500 || 44 |
| 4 || Fergana Region
| Fergana || 7,005 || 3,564,800 || 509 |
| 5 || Jizzakh Region
| Jizzakh || 21,179 || 1,301,000 || 61 |
| 6 || Namangan Region
| Namangan || 7,181 || 2,652,400 || 369 |
| 7 || Navoiy Region
| Navoiy || 109,375 || 942,800 || 9 |
| 8 || Qashqadaryo Region
| Qarshi || 28,568 || 3,088,800 || 108 |
| 9 || Samarqand Region
| Samarkand || 16,773 || 3,651,700 || 218 |
| 10 || Sirdaryo Region
| Guliston || 4,276 || 803,100 || 188 |
| 11 || Surxondaryo Region
| Termez || 20,099 || 2,462,300 || 123 |
| 12 || Tashkent Region
| Nurafshon || 15,258 || 2,424,100 || 159 |
| 13 || Xorazm Region
| Urgench || 6,464 || 1,776,700 || 275 |
| 14 || Republic of Karakalpakstan
| Nukus || 161,358 || 1,817,500 || 11 |
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Enclaves and exclaves
There are four Uzbek 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 of Sokh, area of {{Convert|325|km2|abbr=on}} with a population of 42,800 in 1993 (with some estimates as high as 70,000, of which 99% are Tajiks and the remainder Uzbeks{{cite web|url=http://www.geosite.jankrogh.com/uzbekistan.htm|title=Uzbekistan|website=www.geosite.jankrogh.com}}) and Shohimardon, area of {{Convert|90|km2|abbr=on}} with a population of 5,100 in 1993 (91% are Uzbeks and the remainder Kyrgyz). The other two are the tiny territories of {{ill|Chon-Qora|uz|Choʻngʻara}} (or Qalacha), roughly {{Convert|3|km|abbr=on}} long and {{Convert|1|km|abbr=on}} wide, and Jani-Ayil (or Dzhangail), a dot of land barely {{Convert|3|km|abbr=on}} across. Chon-Qora is on the Sokh river, between the Uzbek border and the Sokh exclave.
Uzbekistan has a Tajikistan enclave, the village of Sarvan, which includes a narrow, long strip of land about {{Convert|15|km|abbr=on}} long and {{Convert|1|km|abbr=on}} wide, along the road from Angren to Kokand.
The Kyrgyz village of Barak (population 627) lies 15 km north of Osh. In August 1999, the area around Barak was occupied by Uzbekistan, cutting it off from Kyrgyz territory. Uzbek forces dug up and blockaded the road to Ak-Tash{{cite web|title=To Survive, Villagers Buck Uzbek Border Controls|first=Nick Solly|last=Megoran|date=24 May 2004|url=http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/business/articles/eav052504.shtml|publisher=EurasiaNet|access-date=2014-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319135142/http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/business/articles/eav052504.shtml|archive-date=19 March 2014|url-status=live}} while also allegedly seizing large areas of Kyrgyz land that had been loaned in the Soviet era but never returned.{{cite web|title=Bad neighbors, bad fences|first=Nick|last=Megoran|publisher=Asia Times Online|date=15 Mar 2000|url=http://www.atimes.com/c-asia/BC15Ag01.html|access-date=2014-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319134228/http://www.atimes.com/c-asia/BC15Ag01.html|archive-date=19 March 2014|url-status=unfit}} They entrenched themselves within much of Kyrgyz border territory and refused to leave.{{cite book|title =The Dynamics of Interstate Boundaries (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)|url =https://archive.org/details/dynamicsintersta00gavr_529|url-access =limited|first=George |last=Gavrilis|isbn=978-0521898997 |edition=1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/dynamicsintersta00gavr_529/page/n66 120]–121|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=22 Sep 2008}} Barak became a de facto enclave only 1.5 km from the shifted main border.{{cite web|title=Kyrgyz In Exclave In Uzbekistan Want To Relocate To Kyrgyzstan|date=12 May 2011|url=http://www.eurasianet.org/print/63475|publisher=EurasiaNet|access-date=2014-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319135155/http://www.eurasianet.org/print/63475|archive-date=19 March 2014|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan intensify work on delimitation and demarcation of state border|date=18 Feb 2014|first=Demir|last=Azizov|url=http://en.trend.az/regions/casia/uzbekistan/2243118.html|access-date=2014-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319133327/http://en.trend.az/regions/casia/uzbekistan/2243118.html|archive-date=19 March 2014|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Продолжаются споры по линии прохождения узбеко-кыргызской границы. Неделимы Сох, Барак и Гавасай |url=http://www.centrasia.ru/newsA.php?st=1014330840 |date=22 Feb 2002 |author=Борис ГОЛОВАНОВ |publisher=Вечерний Бишкек |access-date=2014-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319134929/http://www.centrasia.ru/newsA.php?st=1014330840 |archive-date=19 March 2014 |url-status=live }} ([http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=40.66667,72.76667&z=12&t=K&marker0=40.66667%2C72.76667 Map]) In August 2018 Kyrgyz and Uzbek authorities agreed to a land swap that would eliminate the exclave. The exchange process may take up to two years.{{Cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-uzbekistan-agree-to-work-on-land-swap-near-border/29435146.html|title=Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan Agree To Work On Land Swap Near Border|website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty|language=en|access-date=2019-01-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315023547/https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-uzbekistan-agree-to-work-on-land-swap-near-border/29435146.html|archive-date=2019-03-15|url-status=live}}
See also
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