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Fergana (Uzbek: Fargʻona, Фарғона, pronounced), (Persian: فرغانه) or Ferghana, also Farghana is a district-level city and the capital of Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan. [2] Fergana is about 320 km east of Tashkent, about 75 km southwest of Andijan, and less than 20 km from the Kyrgyzstan border. The modern city was founded ...
Fergana region is one of the centers of ancient culture of Uzbekistan. Pictures of Stone Age settlements and rocks found in the area, stone tools indicate that people have lived in the valley since ancient times. The excavation of the Greater Fergana Canal has played an important role in the study of archeological monuments of the region.
There are four Uzbek exclaves, all of them surrounded by Kyrgyz territory in the Fergana Valley region where Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan meet. Two of them are the towns of Sokh, area of 325 km 2 (125 sq mi) with a population of 42,800 in 1993 (with some estimates as high as 70,000, of which 99% are Tajiks and the remainder Uzbeks [4]) and Shohimardon, area of 90 km 2 (35 sq mi) with ...
Sokh District (Uzbek: Сўх тумани, romanized: Soʻx tumani, Tajik: ноҳияи Сӯх, romanized: Nohiyai Sūx, Russian: Сохский район, romanized: Sokhsky rayon) is a district of Uzbekistan's Fergana Region. It consists of two exclaves of Uzbekistan, surrounded by Kyrgyzstan.
Kokand (/ ˈ k oʊ k æ n d / KOH-kand) [a] is a city in Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan, at the southwestern edge of the Fergana Valley. Administratively, Kokand is a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlement Muqimiy. [2] The population of Kokand as of 2022 was approximately 259,700. [1]
Fergana is a district of Fergana Region in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at the town Chimyon . [ 1 ] It has an area of 610 km 2 (240 sq mi) [ 2 ] and it had 220,900 inhabitants in 2022.
Bagʻdod (Uzbek: Bagʻdod, Бағдод [1] or Bogʻdod, Боғдод, [2] Russian: Багдад, romanized: Bagdad) is an urban-type settlement in Fergana Region, Uzbekistan. It is the administrative center of Bagʻdod District. [2] The town population in 1989 was 10,086. [3]
Fergana valley in context, showing main mountain ranges and principal settlements. The Fergana Valley is a valley in Central Asia, lying mostly in eastern Uzbekistan, extending into southern Kyrgyzstan and northern Tajikistan. Encompassing three former Soviet republics, the valley is ethnically diverse and relations among the countries are ...