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26-458: The district consists of one city ( Gʻazalkent ), 17 urban-type settlements ( Iskandar , Chorvoq , Burchmullo , Pargos , Sari qanli , Sobir Raximov , Soyliq , Talpin, Tulabe, Uyenqulsoy, Xumsan , Hoʻja , Xoʻjakent , Chinor , Qoronqul , Qurbonov nomli , Qoʻshqoʻrgʻon ) and 18 rural communities (incl. Bogʻiston ). The climate of the region is temperate continental , with hot summers and fairly cold winters. The average annual temperature

52-841: A city district of a city of federal subject significance . This kind of administrative division is equal in status to the towns of district significance and selsoviets , and is normally centered on an inhabited locality with urban-type settlement status. As of 2013, the following types of such entities are recognized: As of January 1, 2018, there were 57 urban-type settlements in Tajikistan . As of February 1, 2016, there were 76 urban-type settlements in Turkmenistan . As of January 1, 2011, 1,065 settlements have urban-type settlement status in Uzbekistan . Urban-type settlements existed in Armenia until

78-410: A recreational potential with population of at least 2,000. In exceptional cases, administrative, economic and cultural centers with a potential of economical development and population growth can be classified as urban-type settlements. In modern Russia , the task of deciding whether an inhabited locality meets the criteria of urban-type settlements is delegated to the federal subjects . In most cases,

104-612: A state housing provided to no less than 2,000 inhabitants. The term was introduced in Ukraine in 1920s and became official since the resolution of the Central Executive Committee of Ukraine of October 28, 1925 replacing all towns (mistechko) as urban-type settlement. As of 2011, there were 256 urban-type settlements in Azerbaijan . According to a 1998 law of Belarus , there are three categories of urban-type settlement in

130-453: Is +15.0 °C; The average January temperature is -9.0 °C, the average July temperature is +21.0 °C. The absolute minimum temperature was –26 °C, the absolute temperature maximum +46 °C. On average, 500–600 mm of rainfall per year falls on the territory of the district (most of the precipitation falls in spring and autumn). The growing season lasts 210–215 days. The relief of the Bostanliq district

156-587: Is also used in Transnistria , an unrecognised breakaway state in Moldova. What counts as an urban-type settlement differs between time periods and countries and often between different divisions of a single country. However, the criteria generally focus on the presence of urban infrastructure or resort facilities for urban residents. In the Soviet Union , the criteria of urban-type settlements were set independently by

182-567: Is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the Soviet Union and later also for a short time in socialist Bulgaria and socialist Poland . It remains in use today in nine of the post-Soviet states . The designation was used in all 15 member republics of the Soviet Union from 1922. It was introduced later in Poland (1954) and Bulgaria (1964). All

208-567: Is relatively monotonous and is represented mainly by hills, mountains and high mountains. Lowlands are widespread in the western and part of the southern part of the region, adyrs are widespread except in the northern part, where there are only high mountains. Almost all the territory where the high mountain systems, the eastern Tien Shan , the Karzhantau ridge , the Pskem Mountains , the Ugam ridge and

234-512: Is the peak of the Adelung Pskem ridge with an altitude of 4301 meters. In the second place in height, the mountain is another peak of the Pskem ridge - Beshtor with a height of 4299 meters. In addition to the peaks and peaks listed above, there are many high mountains and peaks in the district, which are between 1,000 and 4,000 meters above sea level. The largest and most significant peaks and peaks of

260-451: The Chatkal ridge are located, is occupied by mountains. The heights in the district accordingly increase in direction from west to east and from south to north. The southern and western parts of the region are on average 1000 meters above sea level. The rest of the region where the highlands prevail, is located at an altitude of 1,200 to 4,000 meters above sea level. The highest point of the area

286-505: The Eastern Bloc and Warsaw Pact in Europe , as well as from former Yugoslavia . Scholarly literature often uses the abbreviations CEE or CEEC for this term. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) also uses the term "Central and Eastern European Countries" (CEECs) for a group comprising some of these countries. This term is sometimes used as an alternative to

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312-573: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , "Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) is an OECD term for the group of countries comprising Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, and the three Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania." The term Central and Eastern Europe (abbreviated CEE ) has displaced

338-618: The Polish People's Republic from 1954 to 1972. Nowadays, Poland has cities, villages and settlements. Ukraine formerly used the urban-type settlement ( Ukrainian : селище міського типу, с.м.т.) system until 2023. In 1991 there were 921 urban-type settlements in Ukraine. On 24 October 2023 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed Law No. 8263 that abolished the concepts of "urban-type settlement" and " rural-type settlement " in Ukraine . The law came into an effect on January 26, 2024. The law

364-590: The 1990s. Currently, all of them have been converted into cities or villages. In Estonia, the urban-type settlements were created in 1945 during the Estonian SSR . In the 1990s most of them were transformed into cities. The urban-type settlements existed in Latvia from 1949 to 1993, when they were converted into cities and rural settlements. Lithuania formerly used the urban-type settlement ( Lithuanian : miesto tipo gyvenvietė , m.t.g. ) system until 1995. In Bulgaria,

390-1022: The Soviet republics. Those criteria, however, only differed very slightly from one republic to another. In the Russian SFSR , urban-type settlements were subdivided into three types: In 1981, the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR defined an urban-type settlement as follows: "To the category of an urban-type settlement may be included any settlement located near industrial enterprises, buildings, railroad connections, hydro-technical constructions, and enterprises in production and refining of agrarian products as well as settlements that include higher or middle occupation educational establishments, science-researching institutions, sanatoria , and other stationary treatment and recreation establishments that have

416-757: The country: As of 2014, there were 47 urban-type settlements in Georgia . Eight of them are located on the territory of the partially recognized states of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and are de facto not under the control of the Georgian government. As of 2019, there were 48 urban-type settlements in Kazakhstan . In accordance with the 2008 Law on Administrative and Territorial Subdivision of Kyrgyzstan , urban-type settlements are those that comprise economically significant facilities such as industrial plants, railway stations, construction sites, etc., as well as settlements with

442-793: The district are tributaries of the Chirchiq River . The largest of them are the Beldersay, the Pskem, the Ugam, the Koksu, and the Chimgansai. The Chatkal River also flows through the district, though it is sometimes considered to be a fork of the Chirchiq. Most of the district's rivers flow into reservoirs, including the Charvak Reservoir . Their waters are used for irrigated agriculture, practiced on gentle slopes at

468-430: The federal subject's legislative body is responsible for all administrative and territorial changes, including granting and revoking of the urban-type settlement and town status. Apart from being used to refer to a type of inhabited locality , the term "urban-type settlement" and its variations is also used to refer to a division of an administrative district , and sometimes to a division administratively subordinated to

494-463: The first urban-type settlements ( Bulgarian : селище от градски тип) were formed in 1964. In the 1990s they were transformed into villages and cities. The urban-type settlement system was used on the territory of Moldova since 1924. In the 1990s they were converted either into cities or rural settlements. The disputed and unrecognized Transnistria continues to use this system. The urban-type settlements ( Polish : osiedle typu miejskiego ) were used in

520-628: The foot of the mountains. Groundwater is located in the district at a depth of 2-3 m to 6 to 20 meters. Charvak hydroelectric power station, located in the Bostanlyk district, is the largest hydroelectric power station of Uzbekistan and one of the largest hydroelectric power stations in Central Asia . The station generates 2000 million kWh annually. 41°34′12″N 69°46′12″E  /  41.5700°N 69.7700°E  / 41.5700; 69.7700 Urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement

546-566: The other 12 former republics of the USSR). The CEE countries are further subdivided by their accession status to the European Union (EU): the eight first-wave accession countries that joined the EU on 1 May 2004 ( Estonia , Latvia , Lithuania , Czech Republic , Slovakia , Poland , Hungary , and Slovenia ), the two second-wave accession countries that joined on 1 January 2007 ( Romania and Bulgaria ) and

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572-517: The region: Aktash, Big Chimgan, Kyzylnur, Mingbulak, Pulatkhan and others. Car passes pass through many relatively high mountains. The hills are formed mainly by sandstones and loess. The foot of many mountains are mainly composed of slate and granite. The territory of the region is included in a seismic zone and annually from 5 to 8 or more earthquakes of various types occur in the region. Watercourses (sais), some of which turn into rivers, flow down almost from all mountain ranges. The main watercourses in

598-496: The term "Eastern Europe," for more neutral grouping. The term CEE includes the Eastern Bloc ( Warsaw Pact ) countries west of the post- World War II border with the former Soviet Union; the independent states in former Yugoslavia (which were not considered part of the Eastern bloc); and the three Baltic states – Estonia , Latvia , Lithuania (which chose not to join the CIS with

624-567: The third-wave accession country that joined on 1 July 2013 ( Croatia ). According to the World Bank 2008 analysis, the transition to advanced market economies is over for all 10 countries that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007. The CEE countries include the former socialist states, which extend east of Austria , Germany ( western part ), and Italy ; north of Greece and Turkey ( European part ); south of Finland and Sweden ; and west of Belarus , Moldova , Russia , and Ukraine : According to

650-542: The urban-type settlements in Poland were transformed into other types of settlement (town or village) in 1972. In Bulgaria and five of the post-Soviet republics ( Armenia , Moldova , and the three Baltic states ), they were changed in the early 1990s, while Ukraine followed suit in 2023. Today, this term is still used in the other nine post-Soviet republics – Azerbaijan , Belarus , Georgia , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Russia , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan . It

676-598: Was meant to facilitate "de-Sovietization of the procedure for solving certain issues of the administrative and territorial system of Ukraine". Central and Eastern Europe Central and Eastern Europe is a geopolitical term encompassing the countries in Northeast Europe (primarily the Baltics ), Central Europe , Eastern Europe , and Southeast Europe (primarily the Balkans ), usually meaning former communist states from

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