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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.
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.
Fergana massacre happened in 1989, after riots broke out between the Meskhetian Turks exiled in Uzbekistan and the native Uzbeks. Hundreds of Meskhetian Turks were killed or injured, nearly 1,000 properties were destroyed and thousands of Meskhetian Turks fled into exile. [4] Bukharian Jews living in Fergana were also targeted, and many fled to ...
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 ...
The Principality of Fergana was a Timurid principality in Transoxiana (now Uzbekistan) based in the city of Fergana. The principality was ruled by Umar Shaikh Mirza II, and his sons, Babur and Jahangir Mirza II. The principality was established following the death of Abu Sa'id Mirza and the division of his empire among his sons.
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 ...
Akhsikath (Uzbek: Axsikent; also commonly known as Aksikent or Akhsi) is an archeological site located in the Fergana Valley in Uzbekistan. A fortified city along the Syr Darya, it lies 22km to the southwest of Namangan and covers an area of 30 hectares.
There are three schools of dance in Uzbekistan: Khorezm, Fergana, and Bukhara. Each one has its peculiarities and specific features. [1] Khorezm dance.