Yunusabad

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Yunusabad
Yunusobod
Location of Yunusabad
Country Uzbekistan
MunicipalityTashkent
Established1981
Area
 • Total41.1 km2 (15.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2009)[1]
 • Total296,700
 • Density7,200/km2 (19,000/sq mi)

Yunusabad (also spelled Yunusobod or Yunus Abad) is one of 11 districts (tuman) of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.

Overview

It is a site of many schools, bazaars, tennis courts and videogame centers and has one mall. The district was established in 1981 with the name of Kirov,[2] referring to the Russian Bolshevik leader Sergey Kirov.

Yunusabad borders with the districts of Olmazar, Shaykhontohur, Chilanzar, Yakkasaray, Mirobod, Hamza and Mirzo Ulugbek. It borders also with Tashkent Province and is close to the Uzbek frontier with South Kazakhstan Province, in Kazakhstan.

References

  1. ^ a b Template:Ru icon 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.

External links

Media related to Districts of Tashkent at Wikimedia Commons