Provinces of Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan is divided into 12 provinces (viloyatlar, singularndash viloyat, "viloyati" in compound, e.g. Toshkent "viloyati", Samarqand "viloyati"), 1 autonomous republic ("respublika", "respublikasi" in compound, e.g. Qaraqalpaqstan Avtonom "Respublikasi", Karakalpakstan Autonomous "Republic"), and 1 independent city ("shahar" or "shahri" in compounds, e.g. Toshkent "shahri", Tashkent city). Names are given below in the Uzbek language, although numerous variations of the transliterations of each name exist. The provinces are divided into districts ("tumanar").

The statistics for Toshkent Viloyati ("Tashkent Province") also include the statistics for Toshkent Shahri ("Tashkent City").

Enclaves and exclaves

There are four Uzbek Exclaves, all of them surrounded by Kyrgyz territory in the Fergana Valley region where Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan meet. Two of them are the towns of: Sokh, area of 325 km² (125 sq mi) with a population of 42,800 in 1993 (although some estimates go as high as 70,000) (99% are Tajiks and the remainder Uzbeks [http://home.no.net/enklaver/uzbekistan.htm] ); and Shakhrimardan (also known as Shakirmardon or Shah-i-Mardan), area of 90 km² (35 sq mi) with a population of 5,100 in 1993 (91% are Uzbeks and the remainder Kyrgyz). The other two are the tiny territories of Chong-Kara (or Kalacha), roughly 3 km (1.9 mi) long by 1 km (0.6 mi) wide, and Dzhangail, a dot of land barely 2 or 3 km (1.5 mi) across. Chong-Kara is on the Sokh river, between the Uzbek border and the Sokh exclave.

Uzbekistan has a Tajikistan enclave, the village of Sarvan, which includes a narrow, long strip of land about 15 km (9 mi) long by 1 km (0.6 mi) wide, alongside the road from Angren to Kokand. Last but not least, there is a tiny Kyrgyzstan enclave, the village of Barak (population 627), between the towns of Margilan and Fergana.