Local time
Thu, 12:24 AM GMT+5Asia/TashkentCityCapital
Tashkent
41.31° N, 69.29° E
- Population
- 2,184,000
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 1 of 27
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 27 cities of Uzbekistan in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Uzbekistan, so this is not a national ranking.
- Elevation
- 455 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 335 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Time zone
- Asia/Tashkent
Traveler brief
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Practical bearings for Tashkent, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Tashkent have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The current name was first used in the 11th century and comes from the Sogdian (Turkic) words "tash" (stone) and "kent" (town).
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
