Sirdaryo Region
Description
Sirdaryo Region is one of the regions of Uzbekistan, located in the center of the country on the left bank of Syr Darya River. It borders with Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Tashkent Region, and Jizzakh Region. It covers an area of 4,276 square kilometres (1,651 sq mi), and is mostly desert, with the Starving Steppe taking up a significant part of the region's area. The population is estimated to be 860,900 (2021).
The capital is the city of Guliston (pop. est. 91,300, 2021). Other cities and towns include Baxt, Boyovut, Farhod, Qahramon, Sayxun, Sirdaryo, Khavast, Shirin and Yangiyer.
Administration
The Sirdaryo Region consists of 8 districts (listed below) and three district-level cities: Guliston, Shirin and Yangiyer.
Key District name District name (uzbek) District capital 1 Oqoltin District Oqoltin tumani Sardoba 2 Boyovut District Boyovut tumani Boyovut 3 Guliston District Guliston tumani Dehqonobod 4 Xovos District Xovos tumani Xovos 5 Mirzaobod District Mirzaobod tumani Navroʻz 6 Sardoba District Sardoba tumani Paxtaobod 7 Sayxunobod District Sayxunobod tumani Sayxun 8 Sirdaryo District Sirdaryo tumani Sirdaryo
There are 5 cities (Guliston, Shirin, Yangiyer, Sirdaryo, Baxt) and 25 urban-type settlements in the Sirdaryo Region. In 2004 the Mehnatobod District was abolished and its territory was divided between the Mirzaobod District and the Xovos District.
