Gʻuzor ( uz, Gʻuzor; tg, Гузор; russian: Гузар, Guzar; fa, گذار) is a city in

Qashqadaryo Region Qashqadaryo Region ( uz, Qashqadaryo viloyati, Қашқадарё вилояти, قەشقەدەريا ۋىلايەتى; old spelling ''Kashkadarya Region'', russian: Кашкадарьинская область) is one of the regions of Uzbekist ...

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 ...

. It serves as the administrative center of

Gʻuzor District Gʻuzor District is a district of Qashqadaryo Region in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at Gʻuzor. It has an area of and its population is 207,700 (2021 est.). The district consists of one city (Gʻuzor), 5 urban-type settlement Urban-type settl ...

. Its population is 24,500 (2016). The town is home to a Polish War cemetery, one of many along the route that General Anders' army took during the

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Population

History

Guzar was one of the most important cities of the Bukhara Khanate. The status of the city was assigned in 1977 (before that - a village). There is a Polish military cemetery in Huzar.

Geography

Located southeast of

Karshi Qarshi ( uz, Qarshi/Қарши, ; fa, نخشب ''Nakhshab'') is a city in southern Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Qashqadaryo Region. Administratively, Qarshi is a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlement Qashqadaryo. It ...

on the river Gʻuzordaryo, a tributary of the

Kashkadarya The Qashqadaryo ( uz, Qashqadaryo) or Kashkadarya (russian: Кашкадарья) is a river in southern Uzbekistan. The river is long and has a basin area of . There is a railway station of the same name in the city - a junction of railroads to Karshi,

Kitob Kitob ( uz, Kitob, russian: Китаб, Kitab) is a city in Kitob District of Qashqadaryo Region in Uzbekistan. It is the administrative center of Kitob District. Its population is 40,800 (2016). During the Soviet period, a major astronomical ob ...

and Kumkurgan.

Sports

The football club " Shurtan" is based in Guzar, and in 2005-2013 and 2015-2017 played in the Uzbekistan Major League.

Economy

Processing of agricultural raw materials, construction company, chemical and agrochemical enterprises.

Light industry Light industry are industries that usually are less capital-intensive than heavy industry and are more consumer-oriented than business-oriented, as they typically produce smaller consumer goods. Most light industry products are produced for ...

enterprises are located in the

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

Social objects

A new sports complex with a modern football arena. Cemetery-memorial to Polish prisoners of war who were in Uzbekistan in the 1940s

References

Populated places in Qashqadaryo Region Cities in Uzbekistan {{Uzbekistan-geo-stub