Gʻuzor (Uzbek: Gʻuzor; Tajik: Гузор; Russian: Гузар, romanized: Guzar; Persian: گذار) is a city in Qashqadaryo Region in southern Uzbekistan. It serves as the administrative center of Gʻuzor District.[2] Its population is 24,500 (2016).[1]
Gʻuzor Gʻuzor / Ғузoр | |
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City | |
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  Gʻuzor Location in Uzbekistan | |
| Coordinates: 38°37′15″N 66°14′53″E / 38.62083°N 66.24806°E | |
| Country |  Uzbekistan |
| Region | Qashqadaryo Region |
| District | Gʻuzor District |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
| • Total | 24,500 |
The town is home to a Polish war cemetery, one of many along the route that General Anders' army took during the Second World War.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1979[3] | 13,033 | — |
| 1989[4] | 17,253 | +2.84% |
| 2000[1] | 21,300 | +1.93% |
| 2016[1] | 24,500 | +0.88% |
| 2022[5] | 49,700 | +12.51% |
History
Guzar was one of the most important cities of the Khanate of Bukhara.[6]
During World War II, in 1942, the organizational center of the Polish Anders' Army was based in Gʻuzor.[7] Many Polish soldiers and civilians died there to epidemic, and there is a Polish Military Cemetery.[8]
The status of the city was assigned in 1977 (before that - a village).
Geography
Located southeast of Karshi on the river Gʻuzordaryo, a tributary of the Kashkadarya.[6] There is a railway station of the same name in the city - a junction of railroads to Karshi, Kitob and Kumkurgan.
Sports
The football club "Shurtan" is based in Guzar, and in 2005-2013 and 2015-2017 played in the Uzbekistan Major League.
Economy
Processing of agricultural raw materials, construction company, chemical and agrochemical enterprises. Light industry enterprises are located in the city.
Social objects
A new sports complex with a modern football arena. Cemetery-memorial to Polish prisoners of war who were in Uzbekistan in the 1940s [9]
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