Tashkent

Tashkent is the capital and largest city of , with a population of just over 3 million in 2024. It was an ancient city on the Silk Road, the network of trading routes between China and Europe, but what you see now is mostly modern - it was wrecked by an earthquake in 1966 and rebuilt in Soviet style, with humdrum medium-raise lining interminable boulevards.
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  • …has about 3,100,000 residents
  • Also known as
    “Gorod Tashkent”
    “Tashkent City”
    “Toshkent”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tashkent Tower and Pakhtakor Central Stadium.
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The Tashkent Television Tower is a 375-metre-high…
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The is a multi-purpose stadium in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
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The Amir Timur Museum is located in , the capital of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Salar and ‘Tashkent City’ business center.
is a town in , . is situated 10 km northeast of Tashkent.
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Tashkent City is a business center under construction in .

Tashkent

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Latitude
41.3333° or 41° 20′ north
Longitude
69.25° or 69° 15′ east
Open location code
8JHF87M2+82
Geo­Names ID
1484839

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Uzbek—“Tashkent” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ታሽኬንት”
  • Azerbaijani: “Tashkent”
  • Bengali: “তাশকন্দ”
  • French: “Tachkent”
  • German: “Taschkent”
  • Hausa: “Tashkent”
  • Japanese: “タシュケント”
  • Javanese: “Tashkent”
  • Kazakh: “Ташкент”
  • Kirghiz: “Ташкент”
  • Malay: “Tashkent”
  • Oromo: “Tashkent”
  • Panjabi: “ਤਾਸ਼ਕੰਦ”
  • Persian: “تاشکند”
  • Portuguese: “Tashkent”
  • Pushto: “تاشکند”
  • Russian: “Ташкент”
  • Somali: “Tashkent”
  • Spanish: “Tashkent”
  • Swahili: “Tashkent”
  • Tajik: “Тошкент”
  • Tatar: “Төшкәнт”
  • Uzbek: “Toshkent Shahri”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Shodlik Palace and Serenity Spa.

Uzbekistan: Highlights

Learn more about Tashkent and Samarkand.
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