Gʻuzor (; ; ; ) is a city in

Qashqadaryo Region Qashqadaryo Region is one of the regions of Uzbekistan, located in the south-eastern part of the country in the basin of the river Qashqadaryo (river), Qashqadaryo and on the western slopes of the Pamir-Alay mountains. It borders with Tajikistan, ...

in southern

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. It serves as the administrative center of

Gʻuzor District Gʻuzor District is a Districts of Uzbekistan, district of Qashqadaryo Region in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at Gʻuzor. It has an area of and its population is 207,700 (2021 est.). The district consists of one city (Gʻuzor), 5 urban-type settle ...

. Its population is 24,500 (2016). The town is home to a Polish war cemetery, one of many along the route that General Anders' army took during the

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Population

History

Guzar was one of the most important cities of the

Khanate of Bukhara The Khanate of Bukhara was an Uzbek state in Central Asia from 1501 to 1785, founded by the Abu'l-Khayrid dynasty, a branch of the Shaybanids. From 1533 to 1540, Bukhara briefly became its capital during the reign of Ubaidullah Khan. The Khana ...

. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, in 1942, the organizational center of the Polish

Anders' Army Anders' Army was the informal yet common name of the Polish Armed Forces in the East in the 1941–42 period, in recognition of its commander Władysław Anders. The army was created in the Soviet Union but, in March 1942, based on an understand ...

was based in Gʻuzor. Many Polish soldiers and civilians died there to epidemic, and there is a Polish Military Cemetery. The status of the city was assigned in 1977 (before that - a village).

Geography

Located southeast of

Karshi Qarshi ( ; ) is a city in southern Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Qashqadaryo Region. Administratively, Qarshi is a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlement Qashqadaryo. It has a population of 278,300 (2021 estimate). It ...

on the river Gʻuzordaryo, a tributary of the Kashkadarya. There is a railway station of the same name in the city - a junction of railroads to Karshi,

Kitob Kitob (, ) is a city in Kitob District of Qashqadaryo Region in Uzbekistan. It is the administrative center of Kitob District. Its population is 40,800 (2016). During the Soviet period, a major astronomical observatory An observatory is a lo ...

and Kumkurgan.

Sports

The football club " Shurtan" is based in Guzar, and in 2005-2013 and 2015-2017 played in the Uzbekistan Major League.

Economy

Processing of agricultural raw materials, construction company, chemical and

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enterprises.

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enterprises are located in the

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

Social objects

A new sports complex with a modern football arena. Cemetery-memorial to Polish prisoners of war who were in Uzbekistan in the 1940s

References

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