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Shoʻrchi

Coordinates: 38°00′40″N 67°47′15″E / 38.01111°N 67.78750°E / 38.01111; 67.78750
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Shoʻrchi
City
Shoʻrchi is located in Uzbekistan
Shoʻrchi
Shoʻrchi
Location in Uzbekistan
Coordinates: 38°00′40″N 67°47′15″E / 38.01111°N 67.78750°E / 38.01111; 67.78750
Country Uzbekistan
RegionSurxondaryo Region
DistrictShoʻrchi District
Town status1976
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total
25,000
Time zoneUTC+5 (UZT)

Shoʻrchi (Uzbek: Shoʻrchi/Шўрчи, Russian: Шурчи, romanized: Shurchi) is a city in Surxondaryo Region, Uzbekistan. It is the administrative center of Shoʻrchi District.[2] The town population was 16,560 people in 1989,[3] and 25,000 in 2016.[1] It is mentioned in the works of Kudain and Ibn Khurdadbeh that there was a village of Barangi in the Shorchi region. There were several mosques in Barangi in the 11th and 12th centuries.

Economy

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In the city of Shorchi, there are "Grain products", "Shorchipakhta" joint-stock companies, a printing house, MTP, a household service association for the population, "Shorchimebel" company, a felting factory, 2 bread factories, "Istiqlol" shoe production enterprise, a large elevator of the republic, mills, small and joint enterprises, firms are working. The city is home to enterprises in the light and food industries and construction materials.[4] There is also a textile factory "Mo'min tekstil".[5] There is a large bazaar, dealers of the company "Akfa", branches of "Artel", airline ticket offices, gas stations, and 2 hotels ("Ideal" and "Sherdor").

Infrastructure

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There is general education, children's music schools, 2 special boarding schools, and a specialized boarding school. There are 9 vocational colleges (colleges of agriculture, communal economy, medicine, light industry, household service, agro-industry, and economics).[6][7][8] The district central library and its branches, the city library, the library for the blind, the culture and recreation park (light park), the district central hospital, the polyclinic, the pharmacy, and other medical institutions provide services to the population.[4]

Population

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1979[9] 1989[10] 2005[11] 2022[12]
11,208 16,560 21,600 30,800

References

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  1. ^ a b Soliyev, A.S. Shaharlar geografiyasi [Geography of cities] (PDF) (in Uzbek). p. 145.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Population census-1989
  4. ^ a b "1935 yil 9 fevral – Sho'rchi tumani tashkil etilgan kun". taqvim.uz. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  5. ^ ""Мумин текстил" корхонаси". www.shurchihokimiyat.uz. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  6. ^ "Шўрчи туманини ривожлантирилиши". shurchihokimiyat.uz. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  7. ^ "Таълим". shurchihokimiyat.uz. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  8. ^ "Соғлиқни сақлаш". shurchihokimiyat.uz. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  9. ^ "Перепись-1979". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
  10. ^ "Перепись-1989". Archived from the original on 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
  11. ^ "Citypopulation". Archived from the original on 2019-07-30. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
  12. ^ "Tug'ilish koeffitsiyenti,Коэффициент рождаемости,Birth rate". api.stat.uz. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
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