Statistics Agency names regions with highest number of twin births

According to the Statistics Agency, 9,810 of the newborns were twins.

The number of twin births by region:

• Samarkand region – 1,162
• Fergana region – 1,106
• Kashkadarya region – 983
• Tashkent city – 957
• Andijan region – 915
• Surkhandarya region – 772
• Tashkent region – 735
• Namangan region – 724
• Khorezm region – 524
• Jizzakh region – 482
• Bukhara region – 453
• Karakalpakstan R. – 440
• Navoi region – 314
• Syrdarya region – 243