Yunusabad
District of Tashkent in Uzbekistan
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Yunusabad (Uzbek: Yunusobod tumani, Russian: Юнусабадский район, romanized: Yunusabadsky rayon) is one of 12 districts (tuman) of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.[3]
Country
Uzbekistan
Established1981
Yunusabad
Yunusobod | |
|---|---|
| Country | |
| Municipality | Tashkent |
| Established | 1981 |
| Area | |
• Total | 40.6 km2 (15.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 352,000 |
| • Density | 8,670/km2 (22,500/sq mi) |
Overview
It is a site of many schools, bazaars, tennis courts and videogame centers and has one mall. The district was established in 1981 with the name of Kirov,[4] referring to the Russian Bolshevik leader Sergey Kirov.
Yunusabad borders with the districts of Olmazar, Shaykhontohur, Chilanzar, Yakkasaray, Mirobod, Hamza and Mirzo Ulugbek. It borders also with Tashkent Province and is close to the Uzbek frontier with South Kazakhstan Province, in Kazakhstan.