Surxondaryo Province

Surxondaryo Province (, , UniPers: "sorxāndaryā"), auld spellin Surkhandarya Province is a viloyat (province) o Uzbekistan, locatit in the extreme sooth-east o the kintra. It wis stablished on 6 Mairch 1941. It covers an aurie o 20,100 km². The population is estimatit at 1,925,100 (end o 2005 data), wi 80% livin in rural auries.Statistical Yearbook of the Regions of Uzbekistan 2005, State Statistical Committee, Tashkent, 2006 . Accordin tae offeecial data, 83% o the population are Uzbeks an 1% Tajiks.Ethnic composition of the population in Surxondaryo Province The heichest pynt o Province an anaw o Uzbekistan is Khazrati Sulton peak reachin 4,643 m/15,233 ft in Gissar Range.Ethnic Atlas of Uzbekistan , Part 1: Ethnic minorities, Open Society Institute, table with number of Tajiks by province .

The provincial caipital is Termez wi a population o 122,900 an the seicont lairgest ceety is Denov (Denau) wi 69,500 indwallers (data for 2005). Ither major touns include Boysun, Jarqo‘rg‘on, Qumqo‘rg‘on, Shargun, Sherobod, Sho‘rchi, an Sariosiyo.

The climate is teepical continental wi mild wet winters an het dry simmers. The soothren pairt o the province is in the Badkhiz-Karabil semi-desert ecoregion (PA0808), characterizit bi a savanna o pistachio an desert sedge. The northren portion is characterized bi open woodlands (Gissaro-Alai open woodlands ecoregion, PA1306), wi characteristic plants bein pistachio, awmond, walnut, aiple, an juniper. Sagebrush is common at lawer elevations http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial_pa.html. See description of PA 0808 and PA 1306 and link to map[the cited link daes nae lead tae this information: need a direct link]</sup>

Naitural resoorces include petroleum, natural gas, an coal. Licht industry, mainly cotton ginnin an fuid processin, is anaw an important pairt o the provincial economy, pairticularly in the production o consumer goods. Agricultur is based primarily on cotton an cereals, supplementit wi horticultur an viticultur. Surxondaryo is the kintra's lairgest supplier o lang-feebre cotton. Livestock accoonts for 40% o regional agricultural product. The climatic conditions o this region an aw mak it possible tae cultivate subtropical crops sic as succarcane.

The province haes a well-developit transport infrastructur, wi 300 km o railways an 2,700 km o surfacit roads. Central Asie's anerlie river port is locatit at Termez on the Amudarya River.

 History 
Bitter debates accompaniet the Soviet allocation o Surkhandarya Province tae the Uzbek SSR rather than the Tajik SSR in 1929, as that province, as well as the auries o Bukhara an Samarkand, haed sizeable, if no dominant, Tajik populations.

 Destricts 
The provinces is dividit intae 14 destricts (tumans):Administrative Map of the Republic of Uzbekistan, State Agency for Land Resources, Geodesy, Cartography, and Land Cadastre, Tashkent, 2007 .
   Destrict name  Destrict caipital  1 Angor   Angor 2 Bandikhon   Bandikhon 3 Boysun  Boysun 4 Denov (Denau)  Denov (Denau)  5 Jarkurghon (Jarqo‘rg‘on)  Jarkurghon  6 Kizirik (Qiziriq)  Sariq 7 Kumkurghon (Qumqo‘rg‘on)  Kumkurghon 8 Muzrabot  Khalkobod (Khalkabad) 9 Oltinsoy  Qarluq 10Sariosiyo  Sariosiyo 11Termiz  Termiz (Termez) 12Uzun  Uzun 13Sherobod  Sherobod   14Shurchi (Sho‘rchi)  Shurchi 

 Agricultur (2005 data) 
Agricultur accoonts for 42% o tot employment in Surxondaryo Province an produces 8% o Uzbekistan’s agricultural ootput. Agricultural production is 56% crops an 44% livestock (lik the kintra’s average). Milk yields are less nor 1,700 kg per cow per year, on a par wi the naitional average.

Main characteristics o agricultur in Surxondaryo ProvinceAgriculture in Uzbekistan, State Statistical Committee, Tashkent, 2007 .
   SurxondaryoPercent onaitional totSown aurie  278,100 ha 8Cereals 45% 8Cotton 45% 8Potatoes, vegetables  5% 7Feed crops 5% 5Fruit orchards  12,600 ha 6Vineyards  8,400 ha 6Cattle  531,100 heid 8Cows  241,900 heid 9Sheep, goats  1,253,500 heid  11

 References 

 Freemit airtins 
 Surxondaryo Province offeecial wab steid  
 Map o Surxondaryo Province 


Category:Provinces o Uzbekistan