Tashkent – the capital of uzbekistan tashkent – 2200 anniversary

TASHKENT – THE CAPITAL OF UZBEKISTAN

Tashkent – 2200 anniversary

Tashkent is a city magnificent beaty,

sunny and welcoming, the city of harmony

of ancient architecture and modern urban

planning. Tashkent has such epithets as

“The city of Friendship”, “The city of peace”,

“”The city of Bread. In 2007 it gained a new one –

“The Capital of Islamic Culture”. In 2009 by the Decree of UNESCO Tashkent celebrated its 2200-year anniversary. It is an important event, not only for Uzbekistan but for the whole world. During the years of Independence much attention was given to renaissance of natoinal values and preservation of architectural monuments. Tashkent has made a huge contribution to development of world civilization.

City of Tashkent has the highest

City of Tashkent has the highest

in the respublic economic and

scientific – cultural potential.

Tashkent is a political and

economic center of the Respublic

of Uzbekistan. The Residence of the President of the Respublic of Uzbekistan the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis, the Senate of Oliy Majlis, Cabinet of Ministers, foreign embassies, public organizations, as well as the main control of all ministries and departments of the Respublic of Uzbekistan are located here.

Location of Tashkent

Tashkent is the capital and the

largest city of the Respublic of

Uzbekistan which has a central

location in Central Asia. The territory of the Respublic – 447.5 km.sq. The population is a about 25 millions of people. 10% of the whole population live in the capital 2.5 millions. Here there are more than 100 nations and peoples of the world. Tashkent is situated in the branch of Western Tien Shan, at a height of 420 – 280 meters above sea level. The city is situated in the same latitude with Madrid, New-York and Berlin. The city lies in the middle course of the Chirchiq river valley, in a flat-hilled terrain and covers the territory of 320 km.sq.

Climate in Tashkent.

The average climate in

Uzbekistan is sharply

continental with a short

winter and a long hot summer.

But the climate in Tashkent is milder due to its neighborhood to the mountains and a large number of canals and greens. The summer temperature is about +40 degrees, the winter temperature is about 0 degrees. March is the rainitest month of the year.

Demography of Tashkent

The resident poppulation of

Tashkent on 1 January 2008

amounted to 2.18 million

people.Of these, 76% uzbeks,

15% russians, 5% tatars, 1.6% kazakhs and 2.4%other nationalities. Experts note that even with the existing rates of natural increase by 2020 the population of Uzbekistan may reach 40 millions people. Official language – Uzbek.

Architecture of Tashkent

Over the 2200 years history of its

existence, the city survived both

ups and downs, but always remained

at the crossroads of international

trade, and was a center of culture and art.

Many historical monuments were preserved and restored such as mosques, mausoleums, madrassahs – Barak–Khan, Abdul Kasim – Eshon, Scenic Jami Mosque, Mirza-Yusuf and Hayrabat-Eshon. Functioning Kukeldash madrasah was resently renovated. There are also Orthodox churches, nunnery,, Polish church and some other temples.

History of Tashkent

The exact time of founding of

the city is unknown. For the first

time, the area coinciding with

the area of Tashkent is mentioned in the Chinese primary sources of II century BC under the name of Yuini. In the later sources the same area was called Zheshi, Chach, Shash or Shi. The sign corresponding to the last sound combination is used in the meaning of “stone” that often compares with a Turkic name “tash” - “stone”, “kend” – “settlement”