Uzun District

Setting and history

Uzun District was created on 12 January 1942, merged into Sariosiyo District in 1959 and re-established on 29 March 1991. It borders Sariosiyo to the north-west, Qumqo‘rg‘on to the south-west and Denov and Sho‘rchi to the west, and Tajikistan to the east, south and north. It covers 1,845 km² and had 196,700 inhabitants on 1 January 2026; the centre is the town of Uzun, which has a railway station.

The population is mainly Uzbek and Tajik, and the Bobotog range occupies the eastern part of the district.

Nature and economy

In 2022 the 12,064-hectare Bobotog National Nature Park was created on the Bobotog range, known as one of the homes of the Bukhara markhor. Grape-growing is important to local farming and has spread widely through the mahallas in recent years. The district also has shrines such as the Oqostona Bobo Mausoleum.