Sariosiyo District

Sariosiyo
District
Sariosiyo tumani
Country	Uzbekistan
Region	Surxondaryo Region
Capital	Sariosiyo
Established	1992
Area
• Total	3,930 km^2 (1,520 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	213,200
• Density	54/km^2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (UZT)

Sariosiyo district (Uzbek: Sariosiyo tumani / Сариосиё тумани) is a district in Surxondaryo Region, Uzbekistan. Its capital is the town of Sariosiyo.[1] It has an area of 3,930 km^2 (1,520 sq mi)[2] and its population is 213,200 (2021 est.).[3] The district consists of one city (Shargʻun), 4 urban-type settlements (Sariosiyo, Yangihayot, Tortuli, Boʻyropoʻsht) and 9 rural communities (Dashnobod, Navroʻz, Buyuk kelajak, Sangardak, Bogʻi iram, Soʻfiyon, Toqchiyon, Oʻzbekiston, Xufar).[1]

Sariosiyo district was founded on September 29, 1926. It was merged into Denov District on December 24, 1962, and re-established on February 22, 1964.[4] The center of Sariosiyo district is 180 km north of the regional capital Termez.

References

1. "Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan" (in Uzbek and Russian). The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics. July 2020.
2. "Surxondaryo viloyatining ma'muriy-hududiy bo'linishi" [Administrative-territorial division of the Surxondaryo Region] (PDF) (in Uzbek). Surxondaryo regional department of statistics.
3. "Urban and rural population by district" (PDF) (in Uzbek). Surxondaryo regional department of statistics.
4. "Сариосиё тумани" [Sariosiyo district] (PDF). National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan (in Uzbek). Tashkent. 2000–2005. pp. 192–193.