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Surxondaryo Region Surxondaryo Region ( uz, Surxondaryo viloyati, Сурхондарё вилояти, سرخان‌دریا ولایت, russian: Сурхандарьинская область, fa, سرخان‌دریا, UniPers: "sorxāndaryā"), old spelling Su ...

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Sherobod District Sherobod is a district of Surxondaryo Region in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at the city Sherobod. It has an area of and its population is 197,300 (2021 est.). The district consists of one city (Sherobod), 7 urban-type settlement Urban-type set ...

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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 cou ...

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passes through the town.

Etimology

The name is of

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

Tajiki Tajik (Tajik: , , ), also called Tajiki Persian (Tajik: , , ) or Tajiki, is the variety of Persian spoken in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan by Tajiks. It is closely related to neighbouring Dari with which it forms a continuum of mutually intelligibl ...

origin, ''Šêrâbâd'', standing for 'Lion's Lair' ("sher/shir" for lion, and "abad/obod" for English term, abode).

Population

The city has a mixed Tajik and Uzbek population, with the former boasting a slim majority. Its population is 29,100 (2016).

References

{{Surxondaryo Region Populated places in Surxondaryo Region Cities in Uzbekistan