Surxondaryo Province

Surxondaryo Province (Uzbek: Surxondaryo viloyati, Сурхондарё вилояти, Persie: سرخان‌دریا‎, UniPers: "sorxāndaryā"), auld spellin Surkhandarya Province is a viloyat (province) o Uzbekistan, locatit in the extreme sooth-east o the kintra. It wis stablished on 6 Mairch 1941. It covers an aurie o 20,100 km². The population is estimatit at 1,925,100 (end o 2005 data), wi 80% livin in rural auries.^[1] Accordin tae offeecial data, 83% o the population are Uzbeks an 1% Tajiks.^[2] The heichest pynt o Province an anaw o Uzbekistan is Khazrati Sulton peak reachin 4,643 m/15,233 ft in Gissar Range.^[3]

The provincial caipital is Termez wi a population o 122,900 an the seicont lairgest ceety is Denov (Denau) wi 69,500 indwallers (data for 2005).^[1] Ither major touns include Boysun, Jarqo‘rg‘on, Qumqo‘rg‘on, Shargun, Sherobod, Sho‘rchi, an Sariosiyo.

The climate is teepical continental wi mild wet winters an het dry simmers. The soothren pairt o the province is in the Badkhiz-Karabil semi-desert ecoregion (PA0808), characterizit bi a savanna o pistachio an desert sedge. The northren portion is characterized bi open woodlands (Gissaro-Alai open woodlands ecoregion, PA1306), wi characteristic plants bein pistachio, awmond, walnut, aiple, an juniper. Sagebrush is common at lawer elevations ^[4][the cited link daes nae lead tae this information: need a direct link]

Naitural resoorces include petroleum, natural gas, an coal. Licht industry, mainly cotton ginnin an fuid processin, is anaw an important pairt o the provincial economy, pairticularly in the production o consumer goods. Agricultur is based primarily on cotton an cereals, supplementit wi horticultur an viticultur. Surxondaryo is the kintra's lairgest supplier o lang-feebre cotton. Livestock accoonts for 40% o regional agricultural product.^[1] The climatic conditions o this region an aw mak it possible tae cultivate subtropical crops sic as succarcane.

The province haes a well-developit transport infrastructur, wi 300 km o railways an 2,700 km o surfacit roads.^[1] Central Asie's anerlie river port is locatit at Termez on the Amudarya River.

History

Bitter debates accompaniet the Soviet allocation o Surkhandarya Province tae the Uzbek SSR rather than the Tajik SSR in 1929, as that province, as well as the auries o Bukhara an Samarkand, haed sizeable, if no dominant, Tajik populations.

Destricts

The provinces is dividit intae 14 destricts (tumans):^[5][6]

	Destrict name	Destrict caipital
1	Angor	Angor
2	Bandikhon	Bandikhon
3	Boysun	Boysun
4	Denov (Denau)	Denov (Denau)
5	Jarkurghon (Jarqo‘rg‘on)	Jarkurghon
6	Kizirik (Qiziriq)	Sariq
7	Kumkurghon (Qumqo‘rg‘on)	Kumkurghon
8	Muzrabot	Khalkobod (Khalkabad)
9	Oltinsoy	Qarluq
10	Sariosiyo	Sariosiyo
11	Termiz	Termiz (Termez)
12	Uzun	Uzun
13	Sherobod	Sherobod
14	Shurchi (Sho‘rchi)	Shurchi

Agricultur (2005 data)

Agricultur accoonts for 42% o tot employment in Surxondaryo Province an produces 8% o Uzbekistan’s agricultural ootput. Agricultural production is 56% crops an 44% livestock (lik the kintra’s average). Milk yields are less nor 1,700 kg per cow per year, on a par wi the naitional average.

Main characteristics o agricultur in Surxondaryo Province^[1][7]

	Surxondaryo	Percent o naitional tot
Sown aurie	278,100 ha	8
Cereals	45%	8
Cotton	45%	8
Potatoes, vegetables	5%	7
Feed crops	5%	5
Fruit orchards	12,600 ha	6
Vineyards	8,400 ha	6
Cattle	531,100 heid	8
Cows	241,900 heid	9
Sheep, goats	1,253,500 heid	11