Olmaliq

Olmaliq Олмалиқ (in Uzbek) Алмалык (in Russian)
Town
Olmaliq Orthodox Church
Olmaliq Location in Uzbekistan
Coordinates: 40°51′N 69°36′E / 40.850°N 69.600°E / 40.850; 69.600
Country	Uzbekistan
Region	Tashkent Region
City status	10 July 1951
Government
• Type	City Administration
Elevation	530 m (1,740 ft)
Population  (2014)
• Total	121,109
Time zone	UTC+5 (UZT)
Postal code	110104
Area code(s)	(+988) 7161
Vehicle registration	10

Olmaliq (Uzbek: Olmaliq / Олмалиқ) is a city (2014 pop 121,109) in the Tashkent Region of central Uzbekistan, approximately 65 km east of Tashkent also spelled as Almalyk (Russian: Алмалык). It is located at latitude 40° 50' 41N; longitude 69° 35' 54E; at an altitude of 585 meters.

Almalyk 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 sulphuric 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.

Notable people[]

• Waldemar Anton, Uzbekistani-born German footballer
• Georgy Agzamov, Soviet chess player, international grandmaster and the first grandmaster of Central Asia.
• Ella Pamfilova, Russian political, state and public figure.
• Dmitry Kharatyan, Soviet and Russian theater and film actor.

References[]

• "Uzbeks promise smelter clean-up". BBC News. January 3, 2005.

Coordinates: 40°51′N 69°36′E / 40.850°N 69.600°E / 40.850; 69.600

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