Asaka District
# Asaka District

Asaka is a district of Andijan Region in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at Asaka. It has an area of 270 $km^2$ (100 sq mi) and it had 340,000 inhabitants in 2022.

The district consists of 1 city (Asaka), 4 urban-type settlements (Kujgan, Navkan, Oqboʻyra and T.Aliyev) and 8 rural communities.

Asaka has always been eminent for its transportation means,- for its horses in the past and cars that GM Uzbekistan (car-manufacturing plant located in the heart of the district) produces today. In fact, the town is named after a beautiful horse which, according to a folk legend, was owned by a local mustanger.

