Regions of Uzbekistan


is divided into 12 regions, 1 autonomous republic, and 1 independent city. 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 160 districts.
DivisionCapital cityArea Population Key
Andijan RegionAndijan4,3032,965,5002
Bukhara RegionBukhara41,9371,843,5003
Fergana RegionFergana7,0053,564,8004
Jizzakh RegionJizzakh21,1791,301,0005
Xorazm RegionUrgench6,4641,776,70013
Namangan RegionNamangan7,1812,652,4006
Navoiy RegionNavoiy109,375942,8007
Qashqadaryo RegionQarshi28,5683,088,8008
Samarqand RegionSamarkand16,7733,651,7009
Sirdaryo RegionGuliston4,276803,10010
Surxondaryo RegionTermez20,0992,462,30011
Tashkent RegionTashkent15,2582,424,10012
KarakalpakstanNukus161,3581,817,50014
Tashkent—3272,829,3001

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 with a population of 42,800 in 1993 and Shohimardon, area of with a population of 5,100 in 1993. The other two are the tiny territories of Chon-Kara, roughly long and wide, and Jani-Ayil, a dot of land barely across. Chon-Kara 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 long and wide, along the road from Angren to Kokand. The village of Barak, between the towns of Margilan and Fergana, was earlier thought to have been a tiny Kyrgyzstan enclave, but it has been shown that it is not completely surrounded by Uzbekistan.