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Sirdaryo Region Sirdaryo Region (, russian: Сырдарьинская область, Syrdaryinskaya oblast) is one of the regions of Uzbekistan, located in the center of the country on the left bank of Syr Darya River. It borders with Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, ...

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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 co ...

. It is a district-level city. Its population is 44,200 (2021).

Etymology

The name of the city is translated from Uzbek as ''"new land".''

History

It was established in 1957 as part of the grand Soviet project to cultivate the naturally saline virgin lands of Mirzachoʻl, a vast area of about 10,000 square kilometres in Eastern Uzbekistan. The shortage of

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water was the main problem hindering the development of agriculture in the area.

Economy

The city has several plants including a plant of building materials, pipe plant, asphalt plant. Yangier also has a branch of Tashkent Institute of Agriculture and Irrigation Engineering, a college of civil engineering and a museum dedicated to cultivation of virgin lands of Mirzachoʻl

References

Populated places in Sirdaryo Region Cities in Uzbekistan Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union Populated places established in 1957 {{Uzbekistan-geo-stub