Olot District

Olot District is a district of Bukhara Region in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at the city Olot. It has an area of and its population is 101,300.
The district consists of 1 city, 8 urban-type settlements and 10 rural communities.
The etymology of the name comes from the Turkic tribe Alat or Ala-at, also known in Arabic and Persian as Khalaj, and in Chinese as Boma, Hela, and Heloγ, all with a meaning "piebald horse". During the Middle Age, Alats played a prominent role in the history of southern Uzbekistan, Khorasan, Persia and Afghanistan.