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40°16′N 68°49′E / 40.267°N 68.817°E
Yangiyer Uzbek: Yangiyer | |
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  Yangiyer Location in Uzbekistan | |
| Coordinates: 40°16′N 68°49′E / 40.267°N 68.817°E | |
| Country |  Uzbekistan |
| Region | Sirdaryo Region |
| Area | |
| • Metro | 30.0 km2 (11.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • City | 44,200 |
| 121000 | 121001 |
Yangiyer (Uzbek: Yangiyer — new land) — is a city in Sirdaryo Region, Eastern Uzbekistan. It is a district-level city.[2] Its population is 44,200 (2021).[1]
Etymology
[edit]The name of the city is translated from Uzbek as "new land".
History
[edit]It was established in 1957 as part of the grand Soviet project to cultivate the naturally saline virgin lands of Mirzachoʻl, a vast area of about 10,000 square kilometres in Eastern Uzbekistan. The shortage of irrigation water was the main problem hindering the development of agriculture in the area.
Economy
[edit]The city has several plants including a plant of building materials, pipe plant, asphalt plant.
Yangier also has a branch of Tashkent Institute of Agriculture and Irrigation Engineering, a college of civil engineering and a museum dedicated to cultivation of virgin lands of Mirzachoʻl
Climate
[edit]Yangiyer has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk).
| Climate data for Yangiyer (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) | 8.8 (47.8) | 16.0 (60.8) | 23.0 (73.4) | 29.3 (84.7) | 35.0 (95.0) | 36.4 (97.5) | 34.7 (94.5) | 29.6 (85.3) | 22.4 (72.3) | 13.8 (56.8) | 7.5 (45.5) | 21.9 (71.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.3 (36.1) | 4.2 (39.6) | 10.4 (50.7) | 16.5 (61.7) | 22.2 (72.0) | 27.3 (81.1) | 28.8 (83.8) | 26.8 (80.2) | 21.3 (70.3) | 14.8 (58.6) | 8.2 (46.8) | 3.6 (38.5) | 15.5 (59.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.5 (31.1) | 0.8 (33.4) | 6.2 (43.2) | 11.3 (52.3) | 15.7 (60.3) | 19.9 (67.8) | 21.5 (70.7) | 19.3 (66.7) | 14.1 (57.4) | 8.8 (47.8) | 3.8 (38.8) | 0.6 (33.1) | 10.1 (50.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 34.2 (1.35) | 46.2 (1.82) | 59.2 (2.33) | 60.4 (2.38) | 36.8 (1.45) | 10.2 (0.40) | 3.7 (0.15) | 2.1 (0.08) | 4.4 (0.17) | 18.1 (0.71) | 38.8 (1.53) | 37.1 (1.46) | 351.2 (13.83) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 80 |
| Source: NOAA[3] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Urban and rural population by district" (PDF) (in Uzbek). Sirdaryo regional department of statistics.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Yangiyer". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
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