Qibray is a

district 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 ...

of Tashkent Region in

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 ...

. The capital lies at the town

Qibray Qibray ( uz, Qibray, russian: Кибрай) is an urban-type settlement in Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Qibray District. Presidential Residence Since coming to power in December 2016, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has used maj ...

. It has an area of and it had 202,200 inhabitants in 2021. The district consists of 16

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 (

, Salar, Argin, Taraqqiyot, Alisherobod, Geofizika, Doʻrmon, Yoshlik, Koʻprik boshi, Madaniyat, Mustaqillik, Nurafshon, Uymaut, Unqoʻrgʻon-1, Oʻtkir, X.Amirov) and 10 rural communities.

History

The district was formed in the 1930s under the name Ordzhonikidze district. In 1956, the Kazakh SSR transferred part of the lands of the Golodnaya Steppe to the Uzbek SSR. The Bostandyk district of the South Kazakhstan region (now the Bostanliq district of the Tashkent region), part of the Ordzhonikidze district (now the Qibray district of the Tashkent region) was also transferred. It was abolished in 1963, restored in 1964. In 1992, renamed Qibray district.

References

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