Nurota District ( uz, Nurota tumani) is a

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Navoiy Region Navoiy Region ( uz, Навоий вилояти, Navoiy viloyati, russian: Навоийская область) is one of the regions of Uzbekistan. It is located in the central north/northwest of the country. It covers an area of (a large part ...

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. The capital lies at the city

Nurota Nurota (sometimes spelled as Nurata, uz, Nurota, Нурота; tg, Нурато; russian: Нурата) is a city and seat of Nurota District in Navoiy Region in Uzbekistan. Its population is 32,300 (2016). History Nurota was founded as the anci ...

. It has an area of and its population is 85,200 (2021 est.).

Settlements

The district consists of one city (

), 4

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

s (

Qizilcha Qizilcha is an urban-type settlement in northern-central Uzbekistan. It is located in Nurota District, Navoiy Region. The district town Nurota lies 40 km to the southwest. Its population is 3,400 (2016). References External linksSatellite m ...

, Temurqovuq, Chuya, Yangibino) and 7 rural communities (Dehibaland, Gum, Gʻozgʻon, Qizilcha, Nurota, Sentob, Chuya).

History

The Nurata District was established on September 29, 1926, having the village of Nurota as its central place. From August 17, 1930, it belonged to

Samarqand region Samarqand Region (Samarkand Region) ( uz, Самарқанд вилояти, Samarqand viloyati, russian: Самаркандская область) is the most populous region of Uzbekistan. It is located in the center of the country in the basi ...

, then to Navoiy region since 1982, then again Samarqand region since 1988, and finally from March 1992 to Navoiy region.

Population

The population is mainly

Uzbeks The Uzbeks ( uz, , , , ) are a Turkic ethnic group native to the wider Central Asian region, being among the largest Turkic ethnic group in the area. They comprise the majority population of Uzbekistan, next to Kazakh and Karakalpak mino ...

(86%) and

Tajiks Tajiks ( fa, تاجيک، تاجک, ''Tājīk, Tājek''; tg, Тоҷик) are a Persian-speaking Iranian ethnic group native to Central Asia, living primarily in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Tajiks are the largest ethnicity in Tajik ...

(11%), 3% are from other nationalities. There are 12 people per 1 km². The urban population is 30.1 thousand, the rural population is 47.9 thousand (2003).

Economy

Agriculture

The district agriculture mainly specializes in animal husbandry and agriculture (grappling) in 4 Agricultural cooperatives and about 500 farmers. There are mevasor, vineyards and gulps. Cattle, tiger, and poultry are grown in collective farms and private farms.

Industry and commerce

Motor transport in the district is the main occupation. Buses from the city of Nurata regularly visit the regional center. One of the major companies in the country is the Gozgommarmar Joint-Stock Company. There are also Nurotamarmar, Nurotaavtoyulmarmar, Nurbuloq mineral water packaging enterprise, Chashma, Istiqlol trade factories and sewing factories. Of the 700 enterprises in the region 551 are small firms, about 70 small enterprises and medium enterprises

References

Navoiy Region Districts of Uzbekistan {{Uzbekistan-geo-stub