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Samarqand Region

Samarkand Region is the most populous region of Uzbekistan. It is located in the center of the country in the basin of the Zarafshan River. It borders , , and .
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  • Type: State with 2,320,000 residents
  • Description: region of Uzbekistan
  • Also known as: “Samarkand Oblast”, “Samarkand Province”, “Samarkand Region”, “Samarkandskaya Oblast’”, and “Samarqand Wiloyati”

Samarqand Region

Latitude
39.7337° or 39° 44′ 1″ north
Longitude
66.1283° or 66° 7′ 42″ east
Population
2,320,000
Elevation
577 metres (1,893 feet)
Open location code
8JF8P4MH+F8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 309346346
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1114927
Wiki­data ID
Q487532
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Samarqand Region” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محافظة سمرقند”
  • Arabic: “ولاية سمرقند”
  • Armenian: “Սամարղանդի շրջան”
  • Asturian: “Provincia de Samarcanda”
  • Azerbaijani: “Səmərqənd vilayəti”
  • Basque: “Samarkanda probintzia”
  • Basque: “Samarqand probintzia”
  • Belarusian: “Самаркандзкі вілаят”
  • Belarusian: “Самаркандская вобласць”
  • Belarusian: “Самаркандскі вілает”
  • Bengali: “সমরকন্দ প্রদেশ”
  • Bengali: “সামারকান্ড অঞ্চল”
  • Bulgarian: “Самаркандска област”
  • Catalan: “Província de Samarcanda”
  • Cebuano: “Samarqand Viloyati”
  • Chechen: “Самаркандан область”
  • Chinese: “Samarqand Chiu”
  • Chinese: “撒馬爾罕州”
  • Chinese: “撒马尔罕州”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Samarqand vilâyeti”
  • Czech: “Samarkandský vilájet”
  • Danish: “Samarqand Region”
  • Dutch: “Samarkand”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Samarkando”
  • Esperanto: “Regiono Samarkando”
  • Esperanto: “Samarkanda provinco”
  • Estonian: “Samarkandi vilajett”
  • Estonian: “Samarqandi vilajett”
  • Finnish: “Samarkandin alue”
  • Finnish: “Samarqandin alue”
  • French: “Province de Samarcande”
  • French: “Samarcande”
  • French: “Samarqand Viloyati”
  • Galician: “Provincia de Samarcanda”
  • Georgian: “სამარყანდის ოლქი”
  • German: “Provinz Samarkand”
  • German: “Provinz Samarqand”
  • German: “UZ-SA”
  • German: “Viloyat Samarqand”
  • Greek: “Σαμαρκάντ”
  • Gujarati: “સમરકંદ પ્રદેશ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז סמרקנד”
  • Hebrew: “סמרקנד (מחוז)”
  • Hindi: “समरक़ंद प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “समरक़न्द प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Szamarkandi vilajet”
  • Indonesian: “Oblast Samarqand”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Samarqand”
  • Italian: “Provincia di Samarcanda”
  • Italian: “regione di Samarcanda”
  • Italian: “Regione di Samarcanda”
  • Japanese: “サマルカンド州”
  • Kannada: “ಸಮರ್ಖಂಡ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Samarqand wa’layati”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Samarqand wálayatı”
  • Kazakh: “Самарқан облысы”
  • Kirghiz: “Самарканд облусу”
  • Korean: “사마르칸드 주”
  • Korean: “사마르칸트주”
  • Latvian: “Samarkandas vilojats”
  • Lithuanian: “Samarkando sritis”
  • Lithuanian: “Samarkando vilajetas”
  • Macedonian: “Самаркандска област”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Samarqand”
  • Malayalam: “സമർഖണ്ട് പ്രവിശ്യ”
  • Maltese: “Reġjun ta‘ Samarkanda”
  • Marathi: “समरकंद प्रदेश”
  • Marathi: “समरकंद विलायती”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Samarqand Chiu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Samarqand region”
  • Ossetian: “Самарканды облæст”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਮਰਕੰਦ ਖੇਤਰ”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਮਰਕੰਦ ਵਿਲੋਇਤੀ”
  • Persian: “استان سمرقند”
  • Persian: “ولایت سمرقند”
  • Polish: “Wilajat samarkandzki”
  • Polish: “Wilajet samarkandzki”
  • Portuguese: “Samarcanda”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Samarkand”
  • Russian: “Самаркандская область”
  • Russian: “Самаркандский вилоят”
  • Scots: “Samarqand Province”
  • Serbian: “Самаркандска област”
  • Sinhala: “සමර්කන්ද් කලාපය”
  • Slovak: “Samarkandská provincia”
  • Slovenian: “Provinca Samarkand”
  • Slovenian: “Provinca Samarqand”
  • Slovenian: “Regija Samarkand”
  • Slovenian: “Regija Samarqand”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سمرقند ویلایت”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Samarcanda”
  • Spanish: “Region de Samarcanda”
  • Spanish: “Región de Samarcanda”
  • Swedish: “Samarkand”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Samarqand”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Самарқанд”
  • Tamil: “சமர்கண்ட் பிராந்தியம்”
  • Tamil: “சமர்கந்து பிராந்தியம்”
  • Tamil: “சமர்கின்ட் பகுதி”
  • Tatar: “Сәмәрканд өлкәсе”
  • Telugu: “సముర్‌ఖండ్ ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “แคว้นซามาร์กันต์”
  • Turkish: “Semerkand Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Semerkand ili”
  • Turkish: “Semerkant Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Semerkant”
  • Uighur: “سەمەرقەنت ۋىلايىتى”
  • Ukrainian: “Самаркандська область”
  • Ukrainian: “Самаркандський вілоят”
  • Urdu: “سمرقند صوبہ”
  • Uzbek: “Samarqand viloyati”
  • Uzbek: “Самарқанд вилояти”
  • Vietnamese: “Samarqand”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Samarqand”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Samarqand”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ سمرقند”

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