Bektemir is one of 12

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

(''tuman'') of

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...

, the capital of

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

Overview

The district was established in 1981Sadikov, 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. and lies in the south-eastern suburban area of Tashkent. It is the least-populated ''tuman'' of the city. In 2020 it lost 2.67 km² to the new district

Yangihayot Yangihayot is one of 12 Districts of Tashkent, city districts (''tuman'') of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. It was created in 2020 from parts of the city districts Sergeli and Bektemir, and parts of the districts Zangiota District, Zangiota, ...

. It borders with the districts of

Sergeli Sergeli ( uz, Sirgʻali tumani, russian: Сергелийский район, Sergeliysky rayon) is one of 12 districts (''tuman'') of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. Overview This suburban district, established in 1981,Sadikov, A C; Akramob ...

, Mirobod and

Hamza Hamza ( ar, همزة ') () is a letter in the Arabic alphabet, representing the glottal stop . Hamza is not one of the 28 "full" letters and owes its existence to historical inconsistencies in the standard writing system. It is derived from ...

. It borders also with

Tashkent Region Tashkent Region ( uz, Toshkent viloyati, Тошкент вилояти, russian: Ташкентская область) is a viloyat (region) of Uzbekistan, located in the northeastern part of the country, between the Syr Darya River and the Tien ...

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Districts of Tashkent Populated places established in 1981 1981 establishments in the Soviet Union {{Uzbekistan-geo-stub