Muborak

{{Infobox settlement | name = Muborak | native_name = Muborak/Муборак | official_name = | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Uzbekistan | pushpin_label_position = top | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uzbekistan | coordinates = {{coord|39|15|36|N|65|09|00|E|type:city_region:UZ|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = 25px Uzbekistan | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Qashqadaryo Region | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Muborak District | established_title = City status | established_date = 1974 | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_urban_km2 = | area_metro_km2 = | population_as_of = 2016 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 30100 | population_urban = | population_metro = | population_density_km2 = | timezone = UZT | utc_offset = +5 | timezone_DST = not observed | utc_offset_DST = +5 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 180900<ref name="SPR">{{cite web|title=Mubarek|url=http://uz.spr.ru/mubarek-i-mubarekskiy-rayon/|work=SPR|access-date=22 January 2015|language=Russian}}</ref> | area_code = +998 7567<ref name="SPR"/> | website = | footnotes = }} '''Muborak''' ({{langx|uz|Muborak/Муборак}}, {{langx|ru|Мубарек|Mubarek}}) is a small city located in Qashqadaryo Region of Uzbekistan. The city is the administrative center of Muborak District.<ref name=class>{{cite web|url=https://stat.uz/uploads/docs/soato(mhobt)_2020.xlsx|title=Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan|language=uz, ru|date=July 2020|publisher=The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics}}</ref> Its population is 30,100 (2016).<ref name=shaharlar>{{cite book|url=http://e-library.namdu.uz/26%20%D0%95%D1%80%20%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8%20%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80(%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%8F,%20%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0,%20%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F%20%D0%B2%D0%B0%20%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%8F)/shaharlar%20geografiyasi.%20soliyev%20a.s.%20tashtayeva%20s.k.pdf|title=Shaharlar geografiyasi|trans-title=Geography of cities|language=uz|author1=Soliyev, A.S.|page=146}}</ref>

Muborak originally arose in connection with an oil refinery. It received the status of a city in 1974. The word ''muborak'' means "gracious" in Uzbek.

Muborak is currently an important oil and gas city in independent Uzbekistan. It is home to the Muborak Gas Processing Plant, one of the largest of its type in the country. The city is also known for its football team Mashʼal.

== History == According to a local legend, Muborak got its name from the name of the village of Xoʻjamuborak which had been created in honor of the Islamic scholar Abdullah bin al-Mubarak al-Marwazi.<ref name="OʻzME">{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://n.ziyouz.com/books/uzbekiston_milliy_ensiklopediyasi/O'zbekiston%20Milliy%20Ensiklopediyasi%20-%20M%20harfi.pdf|title=Муборак|trans-title=Muborak|encyclopedia=National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan|page=777|language=uz|year=2000–2005|location=Tashkent}}</ref> The word ''muborak'' means "gracious" in Uzbek.<ref name="Akademik">{{cite web|title=Mubarek|url=http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enc_geo/11856/%D0%9C%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA|publisher=Akademik|access-date=22 January 2015|language=Russian}}</ref>

Muborak originally arose in connection with an oil refinery.<ref name="Goroda.uz">{{cite web|title=Muborak City|url=http://goroda.uz/%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4-%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA-%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F-%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81/|publisher=Goroda.uz|access-date=22 January 2015|language=Russian}}</ref> It was made into a city in 1974.<ref name="EL">{{cite encyclopedia | year = 1988 | title = Muborak | encyclopedia = Ensiklopedik lugʻat | publisher = Oʻzbek sovet ensiklopediyasi | location = Toshkent | language = Uzbek | id = 5-89890-002-0 | pages = 542 | volume = 1}}</ref>

== Geography == By road Muborak is {{convert|520|km}} southwest of Tashkent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps?ll=39.26,65.15&q=39.26,65.15&hl=en&t=m&z=12|title=Mubarek|publisher=Google Maps|access-date=22 January 2015}}</ref>

=== Climate === Muborak has a cool arid climate (Köppen climate classification ''BWk''). The city has chilly winters, but very hot and dry summers. The average June temperature is about {{convert|28|°C}}. The mean temperature in January is around {{convert|5.5|°C}}.

{{Weather box | width = auto | collapsed = | metric first = yes | single line = yes | location = Muborak (1991–2020) | Jan high C = 8.0 | Feb high C = 11.1 | Mar high C = 17.8 | Apr high C = 24.9 | May high C = 31.2 | Jun high C = 36.8 | Jul high C = 38.5 | Aug high C = 37.2 | Sep high C = 31.9 | Oct high C = 24.2 | Nov high C = 15.6 | Dec high C = 9.3 | year high C = 23.9

| source 1 = NOAA<ref name="WMONormals">{{cite web |url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-2-WMO-Normals-9120/Uzbekistan/CSV/Mubarek_38697.csv |title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Muborak |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date = January 20, 2024}}</ref> }}

== Demographics == Muborak had a population of 30,100 in 2016.<ref name="shaharlar"/> Representatives of many ethnic groups can be found in the town. Uzbeks are the largest ethnic group.

{{Historical populations |percentages = pagr |source=<ref name="OʻzSE"/><ref name="OʻzME"/><ref name="shaharlar" /> |1971|3814 |2002|23800 |2016|30100 |}}

== Economy == Muborak was not heavily industrialized during Soviet times: it was a small town specializing in animal husbandry.<ref name="OʻzSE">{{cite encyclopedia | last= | first= | authorlink= | editor-first= Ibrohim |editor-last= Moʻminov |encyclopedia= Oʻzbek sovet ensiklopediyasi | title= Muborak |trans-title=| url= | language= Uzbek | edition= | year= 1976 | publisher= | volume= 7 | location= Toshkent | id= | isbn= | oclc= | doi= | pages= 400 | quote= }}</ref> It has become a notable industrial city in independent Uzbekistan. Currently, it has a large oil and gas industry.<ref>{{cite web|title=Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan on Uzbekneftgaz|url=http://www.lex.uz/Pages/GetAct.aspx?lact_id=532281|work=Lex.uz|access-date=16 April 2012|language=Uzbek}}</ref> The town is home to the Muborak Gas Processing Plant, one of the largest of its type in the country.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | last = Umarov | first = Oʻktam | year= 2005 | title = Muborak gazni qayta ishlash zavodi | encyclopedia = Oʻzbekiston milliy ensiklopediyasi | location = Toshkent | language = Uzbek | id = | pages = | volume = }}</ref>

== Education == Muborak is home to three colleges and one vocational school.<ref name="OʻzME"/> There are also several secondary schools in the city.

== Mubarek zone == The town was the site of the proposed Crimean Tatar Mubarek zone in the 1980s, although said district never came to fruition.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Национального движения крымских татар|date=|title=Об участниках программы "Мубарекская и Крымская зоны"|url=http://ndkt.org/ob-uchastnikah-programmy-mubarekskaya-i-krymskaya-zony.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-08|website=НДКТ|language=ru-ru}}</ref>

==Notable people== *Artyom Filiposyan, Uzbek professional footballer who plays as a centre-back of Armenian descent.

==References== {{Reflist|2}} {{Qashqadaryo Region}}

Category:Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union Category:Cities in Uzbekistan Category:Populated places in Qashqadaryo Region