Olmaliq, Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan
🇺🇿 Olmaliq (Olmaliq / Олмалиқ, Алмалык, Almalyk) is a district-level city in the Tashkent Region of central Uzbekistan, approximately 65 km east of Tashkent. It is located at latitude 40° 50' 41N; longitude 69° 35' 54E; at an altitude of 585 meters.
Olmaliq is a company town developed by the Soviet Union in the 1930s, to exploit local reserves of copper, lead, zinc, gold, silver and barite. The town contains several enormous smelting facilities and related industries operated today by JSC Almalyk MMC, one of the largest mining-metallurgical enterprises in Uzbekistan.
The smelter operations have extensively contaminated Almalyk, which is considered one of the most polluted places on earth. The air has high concentrations of sulfuric acid fumes and the ground has hundreds of tons of toxic waste. The Uzbek government has resisted calls to close the plant, arguing that the country's economy cannot afford to do so: The plant employs around 25,000 residents of the city, and accounts for a substantial share of the region's economy. However, in January 2005 the government announced plans to clean up the area, with a target of 2010.
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Olmaliq has a population of over 133,400 people. Olmaliq also forms part of the wider Tashkent Region which has a population of over 4,450,000 people.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Olmaliq has links with:
🇧🇾 Zhodzina, BelarusLocations Near: Olmaliq 69.6,40.85
🇺🇿 Piskent 69.343,40.899 d: 22.3
🇺🇿 Toytepa 69.35,41.033 d: 29.3
🇺🇿 Nurafshon 69.35,41.033 d: 29.3
🇺🇿 Parkent 69.676,41.294 d: 49.8
🇺🇿 Yangibozor 69.517,41.3 d: 50.5
🇹🇯 Khujand 69.614,40.294 d: 61.8
🇺🇿 Qibray 69.465,41.39 d: 61.1
Antipodal to: Olmaliq -110.4,-40.85
🇨🇱 Valdivia -73.233,-39.8 d: 16886
🇨🇱 Osorno -73.133,-40.567 d: 16897.8
🇨🇱 Coronel -73.217,-37.017 d: 16795.2
🇨🇱 Port Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 16902.5
🇨🇱 Puerto Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 16902.5
🇨🇱 Talcahuano -73.117,-36.717 d: 16775.6
🇨🇱 San Pedro de la Paz -73.1,-36.833 d: 16778.6
🇨🇱 Concepción -73.05,-36.817 d: 16773.8
🇨🇱 Chiguayante -73.017,-36.917 d: 16774.7