City Information

The best time to visit Tashkent is from April or mid March till early June (spring) and in between September and November (autumn) as the weather is pleasant. Tashkent has extremely severe winters. For those who want to go trekking, July/August are the best months to visit.

-Location: Located in the Tashkent Province in Uzbekistan -Dialing code: 009871-X -Emergency numbers: The emergency number for police, fire, and medical services is 103. -Population: Approximately 2.2 Million -Languages: Uzbek, Russian. -Time zone: UTC/GMT +5 hours -Average January temperatures: High→ 5.8ºC (42.4ºF) Low→ -3.1ºC (26.4ºF) -Average July temperatures: High→ 35.7ºC (96.3ºF) Low→ 19.4ºC (66.9ºF) -Annual rainfall: 418.8mm (16.488 inches)

The local currency is the Uzbek Som. Bank notes are of 10, 25, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000 som. Always exchange money at official exchange offices - there are many of them. Few ATM's (known as Bankomat) work with foreign cards.

January 1 New Year: March 8 Women's day March 21 Navruz (Asian New Year) May 1 Labor Day May 9 Day of memory and honor September 1 Independence day October 1 Teachers day 8 December Constitution day; There are two religious holidays with varying dates:: Eid-Al-Fitr Eid-Al-Adha

January: High→ 5.8ºC (42.4ºF) Low→ -3.1ºC (26.4ºF); February: High→ 7.9ºC (46.2ºF) Low→ -1.5ºC (29.3ºF); March: High→ 14.3ºC (57.7ºF) Low→ 4.2ºC (39.6ºF)

Uzbeks are very friendly and hospitable people who welcome tourists with open arms. Uzbeks make up 80% of the total population of Uzbekistan; Russians make up 5.5%, Tajiks 5%, Kazakhs 3%, Karakalpak 2.5%, Tatar 1.5% and other nationalities make up 2.5%. 74.3% of the population speaks Uzbek while 14.2% speak Russian. 88% are Sunni Muslims, 9% are Eastern Orthodox and the rest are different religions.

Tashkent today is a city showcasing the perfect blend of Islamic and Western/Soviet culture. Having a population of approximately 2 million, it has a large ethnic Russian minority. Located in one of the most developed places in Uzbekistan, the city of Tashkent is the main economic and cultural center of Central Asia. It has some beautiful architectural structures which are sights not to be missed by tourists. With its rich heritage it is no wonder that this city has lots of museums, buildings and monuments from the Soviet era. The city’s industry is involved with manufacturing textile and agricultural machinery, as well as producing cotton textiles. Tashkent is well known for its fountains, parks and tree lined streets.

Know as ‘Chach’ in the pre-Islamic era, it started out as an Oasis on the Chirchik River. Only after the 16th century, the name slowly evolved in Tashkand. In1865, it became the new capital of Russian Turkistan. After the fall of the Russian Empire in 1917, the Uzbeks started taking control of the government and establishing it. On the 26th of April, 1966, an earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale destroyed the city, leaving more than 300,000 homeless.