Also known as
  • Тошкент,
  • Ташкент,
  • Toshkent,
  • Gorod Tashkent,
  • Toshkent Shahri
Tashkent (Uzbek: Toshkent, Тошкент; Russian: Ташкент, Turkish: Taşkent) is the capital of Uzbekistan and also of the Tashkent Province. The officially registered population of the city in 2006 was 2.1 million. According to unofficial data, the population is more than 3 million. In medieval times the town and the province were known as "Chach". Later, the town came to be known as Chachkand/Chashkand, meaning "Chach City." (Tash in Turkic language means stone. Kand, qand, kent, kad, kath, kud —... full article at wikipedia
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  • UZ-TK
FIPS 10-4 Region Code
  • UZ13
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