Tashkent (TheodoresTomfooleries)

Tashkent Тошкент · Ташкент
Capital city and city of republican subordination
Coat of arms
Tashkent's location in the Soviet Union Tashkent's location in the Soviet Union
Coordinates:
Country	Soviet Union
Union republic	Uzbek SSR
Established	5th to 3rd centuries BCE
Area
• Total	335 km2 (129 sq mi)
Population  (2019)
• Total	3,183,194 (capital city)
Demonym	Tashkentese
Time zone	UTC+5
ISO 3166 code	SU-TK
Website	tashkentgov.su

Tashkent (Uzbek: Тошкент or Russian: Ташкент) is the capital and largest city of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, with a population of 3.183 million as of the 2019 census. Tashkent is the political, economic, cultural, and scientific center of the republic. It is the largest city in Central Asia and is among the largest cities in the Soviet Union, behind Kiev.