Andijan regional administration

Territory: 4.3 thousand sq. km.
Population: 2.4 million
Administrative centre: city of Andijan
Districts: Andijon, Asaka, Baliqchi, Buloqboshi, Boz, Jalalkuduk, Izboskan, Marhamat, Oltinkol, Pakhtaabad, Ulygnor, Khodjaobod, Shakhrihon, Kurgontepa

Geographical location: Andijon region is located in the easternmost part of the country. In the north and northwest it borders with Namangan region, in the east with Kyrgyzstan, in the south and in the southwest with the Fergana Region. 

The population density in Andijan region is the highest in Uzbekistan: more than 560 people per square km.
The major cities of Andijan region are Shahrihon, Asaka, Korasuv, Kurgontepa, Khonobod, Poytug and Pahtaobod. About 70% of the population of Andijan region lives in the countryside and 30% in cities. 

Andijan is rich in natural resources, in particular, hydro carbonic resources. Oil and natural gas are extracted from 8 large fields “Andijon”,”Janubiy Olamushuk”, “Polvontosh”, “Xo’jaobod” to name four. 

The region of Andijan is one of Uzbekistan’s industrial regions. At present, about 80 large industrial enterprises, including a huge car making plant “GM-Uzbekistan” and also the industrial enterprises “AndijonKabel”, “BioKimyo”, “Andijon yog-moy” and “Andijon don mahsulotlari” among others operate there. 

It is the region with the largest number of enterprises set up with foreign capital investment. Joint ventures such as “O’zKoram”, “O’zSemyung”, “O’zYongHong“, “Yevraziya”Tekstil”, “OyimTekstil”, “PoytugTeks” and others are successfully operating there. Light industry is also developing at a fast pace in the region. In 2006 alone, companies in this sector with foreign participation had a production output exceeding UZS 1.385 billion. 

A number of large-scale programmes of cooperation, with countries such as Russia, Kazakhstan, the Ukraine, and Chine, Korea, Japan, Germany, Poland, Iran, India and others have been put into place during 2006-2007 with a view to attracting investment projects to the region. 

The region continues to attract investments in its economy. For example, a plan to modernize and technically re-equip “Asaka Tekstil” a joint-stock company for USD 3.6 million is currently under way plan to manufacture more than 2.1 thousand tons of cotton yarn a year would certainly create new jobs. 

Efforts are being made to set up joint ventures with existing enterprises such as “Izboskan shoyi to’qish” and “Poytug’ poyafzal”. This would enable them to manufacture an additional 13 thousand tons of high –quality yarn and more than 1 thousand ton of knitted materials a year as well as other consumer products. 

The region was one of the pioneers of new progressive methods of agriculture; for example, the method of cultivating cotton under cellophane which subsequently was widely applied throughout the country.  At present, agriculture, with its new forms of managing techniques and application of new technologies, has become one of the key sectors of the regional economy. In 2006, there were more than 12700 such farming entities in the Andijan region. The productivity of cotton and wheat increases every year, along with production of meat, eggs, dairy products, fruit and vegetables. 

One of the most important sectors of the regional economy is the services sector. 

Medium and small businesses provide various kinds of services to people in the region. Their share in region’s economy is steadily increasing. 

There are 585 preschools, 746 secondary schools, 11 academic lyceums, 86 professional colleges and 5 universities in the Andijan region. There are more than 80 polyclinics functioning in the sphere of public health services. 

In the last elections to the bicameral parliament and local kengashes of people’s deputies Andijan region elected:

• 6 members of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis;
• 11 deputies of the Legislative Chamber;
• 339 deputies to Kengashes of people’s deputies of districts;
• 50 deputies to the Kengash of people’s deputies of the region.
  

There are more than 575 NGO’s registered in Andijan region. 45 publications in print  “Andijannoma”, “Andijan Pravda”, “Andijon Tongi”, “Andijon yoshlari” and “Davr sadosi” to mention a few, as well as a regional broadcasting company operating  in the region.