Country Uzbekistan District Olot District Time zone UZT (UTC+5) Population 11,500 (2003) | Region Bukhara Region Town status 1982 Local time Friday 11:41 AM | |
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Olot (Uzbek: Olot, Russian: Алат) is a town and seat of Olot District in Bukhara Region in Uzbekistan. The town population in 1989 year was 8857 people.
Map of Alat, Uzbekistan
The etymology of the name comes from the Turkic tribe Alat or Ala-at, also known in Arabic and Persian as Khalaj, and in Chinese as Boma, Hela, and Heloγ, all with a meaning "piebald horse". During the Middle Age, Alats played a prominent role in the history of southern Uzbekistan, Khorasan (Kalat), Persia and Afghanistan (Khalaj).
References
Olot, Uzbekistan Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA