Kitab

Also known as Kitob

Kitob (, ) is a city in Kitob District of Qashqadaryo Region in Uzbekistan. It is the administrative center of Kitob District. Its population is 40,800 (2016).

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Place details

Locality: Kitob
Region: Qashqadaryo Viloyati
Country: Oʻzbekiston
Population: 40,800
Timezone: Asia/Samarkand

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Key facts

Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.official_name: Kitob
Settlement.image_skyline: Kitob Zarafshan Range.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: The Zarafshan Range from the center of Kitab
Settlement.pushpin_map: Uzbekistan
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 270
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Uzbekistan
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name: 25px Uzbekistan
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Qashqadaryo Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Kitob District
Settlement.established_title: Town status
Settlement.established_date: 1976
Settlement.population_as_of: 2016
Settlement.population_total: 40800

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Wikidata facts

Population: 28582
Elevation: 622
Official website: qashqadaryo.uz/index.php/hokimiyat/tassarufdagi-tashkilotlar/tuman-va-shahar-hokimliklari
Image: Kitob Zarafshan Range.jpg

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Kitob (, ) is a city in Kitob District of Qashqadaryo Region in Uzbekistan. It is the administrative center of Kitob District. Its population is 40,800 (2016).

During the Soviet period, a major astronomical observatory was built at Kitab to commemorate its medieval reputation as the 'town of astronomers.'