Parkent ( uz, Parkent, russian: Паркент) is a city in

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 ...

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 is the capital of

Parkent District Parkent is a district of Tashkent Region in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at the city Parkent. It has an area of and it had 157,500 inhabitants in 2021. The district consists of one city (Parkent), 3 urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementr ...

. Its population is 60,200 (2016). It is home to the

Solar furnace of Uzbekistan The solar furnace of Uzbekistan was built in 1981, and is located 45 kilometers away from Tashkent city. The furnace is the largest in Asia. It uses a curved mirror, or an array of mirrors, acting as a parabolic reflector, which can reach temper ...

which is the largest solar furnace in the world by mirror surface area.

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