Mirobod ( uz, Mirobod tumani, russian: Мирабадский район, Mirabadsky rayon) is one of 12
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...
(''tuman'') of
Tashkent
Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...
, the capital of
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...
.
Overview
It is one of the central districts of the city and was established in 1981 with the name of Lenin,
[Sadikov, A C; Akramob Z. M., Bazarbaev, A., Mirzlaev T.M., Adilov S. R., Baimukhamedov X. N., et al. (in Russian) (72x112). ''Geographical Atlas of Tashkent (Ташкент Географический Атлас)'' (2 ed.). Moscow. p. 64.] referring to the famous
Russia
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n communist leader
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. ( 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin,. was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1 ...
.
Mirobod borders with the districts of
Sergeli,
Yakkasaray
Yakkasaray ( uz, Yakkasaroy tumani, russian: Яккасарайский район, Yakkasaraysky rayon) is one of 12 districts (''tuman'') of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.
Overview
Yakkasaray is one of the most central districts of the cit ...
,
Yunusabad,
Hamza
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and
Bektemir.
References
External links
Districts of Tashkent
Populated places established in 1981
1981 establishments in the Soviet Union
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