Baxt

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Town
M34 highway in Baxt
Baxt Location in Sirdaryo Province, Uzbekistan
Coordinates: 40°42′50″N 68°41′36″E / 40.71389°N 68.69333°E / 40.71389; 68.69333Coordinates: 40°42′50″N 68°41′36″E / 40.71389°N 68.69333°E / 40.71389; 68.69333
Country	Uzbekistan
Region	Sirdaryo Region
District	Sirdaryo District
Settlement	1899
Population (2000)
• Total	10,100

Baxt (Baht) is a town in Sirdaryo District of Sirdaryo Region in Uzbekistan. The estimated population in 1968 was 9,100.

Baxt was founded in 1899 as a settlement serving the passing loop #121 on the Middle Asia Railway which connected Samarkand and Tashkent. In 1916, the passing loop was upgraded to a railway station. The station was named Velikoalexeyevskaya after the Russian prince Alexey, the apparent heir to the throne. In 1963, the settlement and the station were renamed Baxt بخت (which means "Happiness" in Persian). In 1980, Baxt was granted town status.

As of the 1970s, in Baxt there were a construction materials plant and a cotton purification factory.

Baxt has a railway station on a railway connecting Tashkent and Samarkand via Guliston. The M34 highway connecting Tashkent and Dushanbe passes through Baxt as well. There are also local roads.