Shovot, also Shavat, ( uz, Shovot/''Шовот'', شاۋات; russian: Шават, Shavat) is a town and seat of Shovot District in

Xorazm Region Xorazm Region (, خارەزم ۋىلايەتى, ) or Khorezm Region as it is still more commonly known, is a viloyat (region) of Uzbekistan located in the northwest of the country in the lower reaches of the Amu Darya River. It borders with Turk ...

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 cou ...

. The town is located 37 km north-west of

Urgench Urgench ( uz, Urganch//, ; russian: Ургенч, Urgench; fa, گرگانج, ''Gorgånch/Gorgānč/Gorgânc/Gurganj'') is a district-level city in western Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Xorazm Region. The estimated population of Urgench in ...

. It has a railway station on the line Turkmenabad - Beineu. The population was 20,600 in 1991,Большой энциклопедический словарь / Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров.- М., 1997.- С. 1359 and 19,000 in 2016. It attained city status in 1981. It contains an Asphalt concrete plant.

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Populated places in Xorazm Region Urban-type settlements in Uzbekistan {{Uzbekistan-geo-stub