Resort · Zomin District
Zomin Tourist Zone and Zaamin Sanatorium
A mountain resort among the junipers
Modern · Zomin District
Suffa Radio Observatory
An international radio astronomy observatory on the Suffa plateau in Zomin District, at 2,324 metres; work on its RT-70 radio telescope began in 1981.
Photo: Dilmurad91 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
History
The site was chosen after a five-year search, and the foundation stone was laid in May 1981. The centrepiece is the RT-70, a radio telescope with a 70-metre dish designed for millimetre and submillimetre wavelengths. Construction stopped when the USSR collapsed; in 1995 Uzbekistan and Russia agreed to finish it together, work resumed in 2007, and in 2018 the two sides agreed to complete it as an international observatory.
Sources expected first observations in 2023–2028. The huge structure stands not far from the Zomin tourist zone.
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Nature · Zomin District
Zaamin National Park
The juniper forests of 'Uzbek Switzerland'
Nature · Zomin District
Chortangi Gorge
A deep canyon in the Zomin mountains
Nature · Zomin District
Zaamin State Nature Reserve
The protected juniper forests of the Turkestan Range
Archaeology · Bakhmal District
Tugunbulak and Tashbulak
Medieval mountain cities revealed by lidar
Museum · Zomin District
Zomin Museum of History and Local Lore
District history in a former officers' club