Gʻuzor (Uzbek:Gʻuzor;Tajik:Гузор;Russian:Гузар,romanized: Guzar;Persian:گذار) is a city inQashqadaryo Region in southernUzbekistan. It serves as the administrative center ofGʻuzor District.[2] Its population is 24,500 (2016).[1]
Gʻuzor Gʻuzor / Ғузoр | |
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City | |
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  Gʻuzor Location in Uzbekistan | |
| Coordinates:38°37′15″N66°14′53″E / 38.62083°N 66.24806°E /38.62083; 66.24806 | |
| Country |  Uzbekistan |
| Region | Qashqadaryo Region |
| District | Gʻuzor District |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 24,500 |
The town is home to a Polish war cemetery, one of many along the route thatGeneral Anders' army took during theSecond World War.
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1979[3] | 13,033 | — |
| 1989[4] | 17,253 | +2.84% |
| 2000[1] | 21,300 | +1.93% |
| 2016[1] | 24,500 | +0.88% |
| 2022[5] | 49,700 | +12.51% |
History
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Guzar was one of the most important cities of theKhanate of Bukhara.[6]
DuringWorld War II, in 1942, the organizational center of the PolishAnders' Army was based in Gʻuzor.[7] Many Polish soldiers and civilians died there to epidemic, and there is aPolish Military Cemetery.[8]
The status of the city was assigned in 1977 (before that - a village).
Geography
editLocated southeast ofKarshi on the riverGʻuzordaryo, a tributary of theKashkadarya.[6] There is a railway station of the same name in the city - a junction of railroads to Karshi,Kitob andKumkurgan.
Sports
editThe football club "Shurtan" is based in Guzar, and in 2005-2013 and 2015-2017 played in theUzbekistan Major League.
Economy
editProcessing of agricultural raw materials, construction company, chemical andagrochemical enterprises.Light industry enterprises are located in thecity.
Social objects
editA new sports complex with a modern football arena. Cemetery-memorial to Polish prisoners of war who were in Uzbekistan in the 1940s[9]
References
edit- ^abcdSoliyev, A.S.Shaharlar geografiyasi [Geography of cities](PDF) (in Uzbek). p. 146.
- ^"Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan" (in Uzbek and Russian). The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics. July 2020.
- ^Перепись-1979
- ^Перепись-1989
- ^"Qashqadaryo viloyati statistika boshqarmasi".
- ^abсоставитель Назим Межид ад-Дейрави (2015).Islamic cities in Russian periodicals of the 19th-early 20th century: a collection. Россия и Исламский мир. Vol. 1. М.: Садра.ISBN 978-5-906016-52-2.
- ^Ocaleni z "nieludzkiej ziemi" (in Polish). Łódź:Instytut Pamięci Narodowej. 2012. p. 102.ISBN 978-83-63695-00-2.
- ^Ocaleni z "nieludzkiej ziemi". p. 48.
- ^"Гузар, город - Узбекистан - Кашкадарьинская область".
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