Qibray District

Qibray is a district of Tashkent Region in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at the town Qibray. It has an area of and it had 202,200 inhabitants in 2021. The district consists of 16 urban-type settlements and 10 rural communities.

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History

The district was formed in the 1930s under the name Ordzhonikidze district. In 1956, the Kazakh SSR transferred part of the lands of the Golodnaya Steppe to the Uzbek [Soviet Socialist Republic|Uzbek SSR]. The Bostandyk district of the South Kazakhstan region, part of the Ordzhonikidze district was also transferred. It was abolished in 1963 and restored in 1964. In 1992, it was renamed Qibray district.