Yangiyer ( — ''new land'') — is a

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

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 ...

, Eastern

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. It is a district-level city. Its population is 44,200 (2021).

Etymology

The name of the city is translated from Uzbek as ''"new land".''

History

It was established in 1957 as part of the grand Soviet project to cultivate the naturally saline virgin lands of

Mirzachoʻl Mirzachoʻl () is a loess plain of some 10,000 km2 on the left bank of Syr Darya in Uzbekistan, extending from the mouth of Ferghana Valley on the border with Tajikistan to the east across Sirdaryo Region and the northern part of Jizzakh Region to ...

, a vast area of about 10,000 square kilometres in Eastern Uzbekistan. The shortage of

irrigation Irrigation (also referred to as watering of plants) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,000 years and has bee ...

water was the main problem hindering the development of agriculture in the area.

Economy

The city has several plants including a plant of building materials, pipe plant, asphalt plant. Yangier also has a branch of

Tashkent Institute of Agriculture and Irrigation Engineering 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 ...

, a college of civil engineering and a museum dedicated to cultivation of virgin lands of

Climate

Yangiyer has a

cold semi-arid climate Cold is the presence of low temperature, especially in the atmosphere. In common usage, cold is often a subjective perception. A lower bound to temperature is absolute zero, defined as 0.00K on the Kelvin scale, an absolute thermodynamic ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

''BSk'').

References

Populated places in Sirdaryo Region Cities in Uzbekistan Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union Populated places established in 1957 {{Uzbekistan-geo-stub