Qarshi

Qarshi
Қарши
Karshi, Карши
Qarshi is located in Uzbekistan
Qarshi
Qarshi
Location in Uzbekistan
Coordinates: 38°52′N 65°48′E / 38.867°N 65.800°E / 38.867; 65.800
Country Uzbekistan
RegionQashqadaryo Region
Inception1926
Elevation
374 m (1,227 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total278,300
Area code(+998) 75

Qarshi (Uzbek: Qarşi, pronounced [qarʃɨ]; Persian: نخشب Nakhshab) is a city in southern Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Qashqadaryo Region. Administratively, Qarshi is a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlement Qashqadaryo.[2] It has a population of 278,300 (2021 estimate).[1] It is about 520 km south-southwest of Tashkent, and about 335 km north of Uzbekistan's border with Afghanistan. It is located at latitude 38° 51' 48N; longitude 65° 47' 52E at an altitude of 374 meters. The city is important in natural gas production, but Qarshi is also famous for its production of woven flat carpets.

  1. ^ a b "Urban and rural population by district" (PDF) (in Uzbek). Qashqadaryo regional department of statistics.
  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.

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