Jizzakh
Also known as Jizzax
Jizzakh (; ) is a city and the center of Jizzakh Region in Uzbekistan, located in the northeast of Samarkand. It is a district-level city. The population of Jizzakh is 179,200 (2020 est.).
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- Locality
- Jizzax
- Region
- Jizzax Viloyati
- Country
- Oʻzbekiston
- Population
- 179,200
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Jizzakh (; ) is a city and the center of Jizzakh Region in Uzbekistan, located in the northeast of Samarkand. It is a district-level city. The population of Jizzakh is 179,200 (2020 est.).
== Etymology == According to one view, the name of the city comes from the Sogdian word Dizak, which is the diminutive form of diz (meaning "fortress") and means "small fortress" or "small fort".
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