We are participating in the Cities Environment Reports on the Internet network
 
State of the Environment in Tashkent 2001
Home Page   |  About city  |   About this report  |   The CEROI network  |   Illustrations  |   Search   |   Feedback   |   Links  |   Map

The Tashkent Agglomeration


The Tashkent Agglomeration is kind of megapolis. It is the great pool of city and country settlements, which are connected to each other by cultural, economical, and dwelling links.



The Tashkent Agglomeration is the biggest in the Central Asia region by its size of population, territory and economical meaning and is the pool of city settlements of monocentric type.
The Tashkent Agglomeration consists of Tas hkent City and adjoining territory with 60-70 km radius from the center of Tashkent, which includes the main core - Tashkent and outward zone of  its satellites. The Tashkent agglomeration reminds the chain of settlements along composed transport-planning axises, which perform as axises (zones) of primary development. The predominating part of the city settlement - satellites is situated in the limits of main axis fran, North-East to South-West. In the structure of Tashkent agglomeration, except Tashkent, there are 6 other towns (Gazalkent, Keles, Toytepa, Chinaz, Chirchik, Yangiyul), 15 urban settlements, 637 rural settlements with total population of more than 2963 thousands people, 2192 thousands people are from urban and 771,5 thousands people are from rural places. The territory of the Tashkent agglomeration is about 6,4 thousands square kilometers (in the limits of populated part).
All urban settlements are united by production, labor and cultural links with Tashkent. The Tashkent agglomeration has very high industrial potential.
It produces more than 30% of the total volume of                  Map-scheme of Tashkent agglomeration           
Gross industrial production. The first place belongs                             
to Chirchik and Yangiyul towns, which give 64% of industrial production in agglomeration (without Tashkent). The structure of the industry is defermined by the main city to a considerable extent. In Tashkent City are produced about 73% of total volume of brass production.

Source of map-scheme: Tashkent, 1984, Encyclopaedia
 Web site maintained by:  À. Khalmatov
 Page Editor:   
This page was last updated: 13/03/02