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Shaykhontohur

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Country
  
Uzbekistan

Area
  
29.7 km²

Municipality
  
Tashkent

Established
  
1981

Population
  
285,800 (2009)

Shaykhontohur

Shaykhontohur (also spelled Shayxontohur) is one of 11 districts (tuman) of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.

Overview

It is a north-western district, established in 1981 with the name of Oktober, referring to the October Revolution, part of Russian Revolution of 1917. It is the most densely populated tuman.

Shaykhontohur, borders with the districts of Uchtepa, Chilanzar, Yakkasaray, Yunusabad and Olmazar. It borders also with Tashkent Province and is close to the Uzbek frontier with South Kazakhstan Province, in Kazakhstan.

References

Shaykhontohur Wikipedia