Tashkent
Tashkent (/ t æ ʃ ˈ k ɛ n t /, US also / t ɑː ʃ/) (from Russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (/ t ɒ ʃ ˈ k ɛ n t /; Uzbek: Toshkent / Тошкент / تاشکند , IPA: [tɒʃˈkent]), also historically known as Chach (Persian: چاچ ), is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan, as well as the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population in 2018 of 2,485,900.