Piskent

Piskent
Town
Piskent Location in Uzbekistan
Coordinates: 40°53′57″N69°20′33″E / 40.89917°N 69.34250°E / 40.89917; 69.34250
Country	Uzbekistan
Region	Tashkent Region
District	Piskent District
Town status	1966
Population  (2016)
• Total	34,900
Time zone	UTC+5 (UZT)

Piskent (Uzbek : Piskent) is a city in Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Piskent District. ^[1] The town population was 24,405 people in 1989, ^[2] and 34,900 in 2016. ^[3]

Notable people

• Yakub Beg (1820–1877), emir of Yettishar ^[4]

References

1. "Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan" (in Uzbek and Russian). The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics. July 2020.
2. All-Union Population Census of 1989
3. Soliyev, A.S. Shaharlar geografiyasi [Geography of cities](PDF) (in Uzbek). p. 146.
4. "Yakub Beg". Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved 20 June 2025.