Kitob (, ) is a city in

Kitob District Kitob District () is a Districts of Uzbekistan, district of Qashqadaryo Region in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at the city Kitob. It has an area of and its population is 266,400 (2021 est.). The district consists of one city (Kitob), 13 urban-type ...

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, ...

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. It is the administrative center of Kitob District. Its population is 40,800 (2016). During the

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

period, a major astronomical

observatory An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial, marine, or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geophysics, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed. Th ...

was built at Kitab to commemorate its medieval reputation as the 'town of astronomers.'

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