There are _________ Special Economic Zones in the state of Uttar Pradesh. 

There are 19 special economic zones in the state of Uttar Pradesh in 2018. A special economic zone (SEZ) is a geographical region that has economic laws that are more liberal than a country's domestic economic laws. The category 'SEZ' covers a broad range of more specific zone types, including free-trade zones (FTZ), export processing zones (EPZ), free zones (FZ), industrial estates (IE), free ports, urban enterprise zones, and others. Usually, the goal of a structure is to increase foreign direct investment by foreign investors, typically an international business or a Multi-National Corporation (MNC).