Yangiobod

Yangiobod is a small city in the Angren municipality of the Tashkent Region of Uzbekistan, with a population of about 8,900 in 2016. During the Soviet period it was a secret town because of a uranium mine in the area. No uranium has been mined there for years, and the town is now known mainly as a summer holiday resort for people from Tashkent. A mineral water spring a few kilometres outside the town supplies water that is popular locally and in nearby urban areas. In 2021 preparations began for the environmental clean-up of the former mine, and of the site at Charkesar, with the help of a two million euro grant from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The town therefore reflects the wider Central Asian effort to deal with the legacy of Soviet-era uranium mining.