Baxt (, ) is a city in Sirdaryo District of

Sirdaryo Region Sirdaryo Region () is one of the regions of Uzbekistan, located in the center of the country on the left bank of Syr Darya River. It borders with Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Tashkent Region, and Jizzakh Region. It covers an area of , and is mostly de ...

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. The estimated population in 1968 was 9,100, and 17,500 in 2016.

History

Baxt was founded in 1899 as a settlement serving the

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#121 on the

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which connected

Samarkand Samarkand ( ; Uzbek language, Uzbek and Tajik language, Tajik: Самарқанд / Samarqand, ) is a city in southeastern Uzbekistan and among the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in Central As ...

and

Tashkent Tashkent (), also known as Toshkent, is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uzbekistan, largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of more than 3 million people as of April 1, 2024. I ...

. In 1916, the passing loop was upgraded to a railway station. The station was named Velikoalexeyevskaya after the Russian prince

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, the apparent heir to the throne. In 1963, the settlement and the station were renamed Baxt (بخت which means "Happiness" in

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). In 1980, Baxt was granted town status.

Economy

Industry

As of the 1970s, in Baxt there were a construction materials plant and a cotton purification factory.

Transportation

Baxt has a railway station on a railway connecting Tashkent and Samarkand via

Guliston Guliston ( — flower country) also spelled as Gulistan, formerly known as ''Mirzachül'' (, until 1961) and Qayroqqum (; from 1962 - 2015), is the capital of Sirdaryo Region in eastern Uzbekistan. It is a district-level city. History In the ...

. The M34 highway connecting Tashkent and

Dushanbe Dushanbe is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 1,564,700, with this population being largely Tajiks, Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe, and from 1929 to 1961 as St ...

passes through Baxt as well. There are also local roads.

References

{{Sirdaryo Region Populated places in Sirdaryo Region Populated places established in 1899 Cities in Uzbekistan