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Surxondaryo Region Surxondaryo Region ( uz, Surxondaryo viloyati, Сурхондарё вилояти, سرخان‌دریا ولایت, russian: Сурхандарьинская область, fa, سرخان‌دریا, UniPers: "sorxāndaryā"), old spelling Su ...

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, subdivision_name2 = Sherobod District , population_as_of = 2016 , population_footnotes = , population_total = 29100 , population_urban = , image_skyline = Samig Abdukakhkhar street in Sherabad, Uzbekistan (Улица Самига Абдукаххара в городе Шерабад, Узбекистан).jpg , official_name = Sherobod ( uz, Sherobod, tg, Шеробод) is a city in

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 ...

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passes through the town.

Etimology

The name is of Persian/ Tajiki origin, ''Šêrâbâd'', standing for 'Lion's Lair' ("sher/shir" for lion, and "abad/obod" for English term, abode).

Population

The city has a mixed Tajik and Uzbek population, with the former boasting a slim majority. Its population is 29,100 (2016).

References

{{Surxondaryo Region Populated places in Surxondaryo Region Cities in Uzbekistan