The center is Payarik city.

It was established on September 29, 1926.

The total area is 1.29 thousand square kilometers.

 The number of cities is 2. Number of urban-type settlements (towns) - 9.

The number of neighborhood citizens 'assemblies is 66, of which 11 are city neighborhoods and 11 - rural citizens' assemblies. Village settlements - 210 people.

According to the state of January 1 2016, the number of permanent residents is 229,530, of which 68,831 in urban areas (men - 35,425, women - 33,406), 160,699 in rural areas (men - 82,137, women - 78,562).

Distance to Samarkand - 45 km.

The bordering region is Jizzakh, the districts - Akdarya, Ishtikhan, Jamboy, Kushrabat.

The governor of the district - Musinov Dilshod Sultanovich

Address: 141300, Payarik city, Samarkand street, house 29

Phone: (0366) 231-98-54

e-mail: payariq@samarkand.uz

http://sampayarik.uz 

Payarik is the name of the city and village district in Samarkand Province. Payarik city had been called the Narimonovka settlement until 1991. The Payarik was the village of those who settled down in Russia in the 1880s and was originally called Fyodorovka, Katalas. The name of the Payarik is derived from the area of the Pay arik  (National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan, p. 643).