20141003_Uzbekistan_0860+2 Tashkent

Tashkent (English: /tæʃˈkɛnt/, Uzbek: Toshkent, Тошкент / , English: /tʃ-/, from Russian: Ташкент) or Toshkent (English: /tɒʃˈkɛnt/; Uzbek: [tɒʃˈkent]), historically known as Chach, is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of 2,909,500 (2022). It is located in northeastern Uzbekistan, near the border with Kazakhstan. Tashkent comes from the Turkic tash and kent, literally translated as "Stone City" or "City of Stones". Before …