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: “Provinca Samarkand”, “Provinca Samarqand”, “Provincia di Samarcanda”, “Regija Samarqand”, “Region de Samarcanda”, “Región de Samarcanda”, “Samarkand Oblast”, “Samarkand Province”, “Samarkand Region”, “Samarkanda provinco”, “Samarkando sritis”, “Samarkandskaya Oblast’”, “Samarqand probintzia”, “Samarqand Wiloyati”, “Samarqandin alue”, “Semerkand Eyaleti”, “Semerkant Eyaleti”, “Tỉnh Samarqand”, “UZ-SA”, “Wilajat samarkandzki”, “Самаркан вилояты”, “Самарканд облусу”, “Самаркандский вилоят”, “Самаркандський вілоят”, “Самарқанд вилояти”, “סמרקנד (מחוז)”, “समरकंद प्रदेश”, “சமர்கின்ட் பகுதி”, and “사마르칸드 주”

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 Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Samarqand Region” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሳማርቃንድ ክልል”
  • Arabic: “محافظة سمرقند”
  • Arabic: “ولاية سمرقند”
  • Armenian: “Սամարղանդի շրջան”
  • Asturian: “Provincia de Samarcanda”
  • Azerbaijani: “Səmərqənd vilayəti”
  • Basque: “Samarkanda 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: “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”
  • Estonian: “Samarkandi vilajett”
  • Estonian: “Samarqandi vilajett”
  • Finnish: “Samarkandin alue”
  • French: “Province de Samarcande”
  • French: “Samarcande”
  • Galician: “Provincia de Samarcanda”
  • Georgian: “სამარყანდის ოლქი”
  • German: “Provinz Samarkand”
  • German: “Provinz Samarqand”
  • German: “Viloyat Samarqand”
  • Greek: “Σαμαρκάντ”
  • Gujarati: “સમરકંદ પ્રદેશ”
  • Hausa: “Samarqand Region”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז סמרקנד”
  • Hindi: “समरक़ंद प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “समरक़न्द प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Szamarkandi vilajet”
  • Indonesian: “Oblast Samarqand”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Samarqand”
  • Italian: “regione di Samarcanda”
  • Italian: “Regione di Samarcanda”
  • Japanese: “サマルカンド州”
  • Javanese: “Wilayah Samarqand”
  • Kannada: “ಸಮರ್ಖಂಡ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Samarqand wa’layati”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Samarqand wálayatı”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Самарканд вилаят”
  • Kazakh: “Самарқан облысы”
  • Kirghiz: “Самаркан облусу”
  • Korean: “사마르칸트주”
  • Latvian: “Samarkandas vilojats”
  • Lithuanian: “Samarkando vilajetas”
  • Macedonian: “Самаркандска област”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Samarqand”
  • Malayalam: “സമർഖണ്ട് പ്രവിശ്യ”
  • Maltese: “Reġjun ta‘ Samarkanda”
  • Marathi: “समरकंद विलायती”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Samarqand Chiu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Prowins Samarkand”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Samarqand region”
  • Oromo: “Naannoo Samarqand”
  • Ossetian: “Самарканды облæст”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਮਰਕੰਦ ਖੇਤਰ”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਮਰਕੰਦ ਵਿਲੋਇਤੀ”
  • Persian: “استان سمرقند”
  • Persian: “ولایت سمرقند”
  • Polish: “Wilajet samarkandzki”
  • Portuguese: “Samarcanda”
  • Pushto: “د سمرقند ولایت”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Samarkand”
  • Russian: “Самаркандская область”
  • Scots: “Samarqand Province”
  • Serbian: “Самаркандска област”
  • Sinhala: “සමර්කන්ද් කලාපය”
  • Slovak: “Samarkandská provincia”
  • Slovenian: “Regija Samarkand”
  • Somali: “Gobolka Samarqand”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سمرقند ویلایت”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Samarcanda”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Samarqand”
  • Swedish: “Samarkand”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Samarqand”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Самарқанд”
  • Tamil: “சமர்கண்ட் பிராந்தியம்”
  • Tamil: “சமர்கந்து பிராந்தியம்”
  • Tatar: “Сәмәрканд өлкәсе”
  • Telugu: “సముర్‌ఖండ్ ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “แคว้นซามาร์กันต์”
  • Turkish: “Semerkand ili”
  • Turkish: “Semerkant”
  • Turkmen: “Samarkand welaýaty”
  • Uighur: “سەمەرقەنت ۋىلايىتى”
  • Ukrainian: “Самаркандська область”
  • Urdu: “سمرقند صوبہ”
  • Uzbek: “Samarqand viloyati”
  • Vietnamese: “Samarqand”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Samarqand”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ سمرقند”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Jarquduq and Oltio‘g‘il.

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