Chortoq

Chortoq

Uzbek: Chortoq
Chortoq Uzbek: Chortoq
City
	Chortoq Bazaar
	Chortoq Location in Uzbekistan
	Coordinates: 41°04′08″N 71°48′55″E / 41.06889°N 71.81528°E
Country	Uzbekistan
Region	Namangan Region
District	Chortoq District
Town status	1976 (town status), known from II century
Population (2016)
• Total	53,400
Time zone	UTC+5 (UZT)
Area code	+998 69 XX-XX-XXX

Chortoq (Uzbek: Chortoq — 4 hills) is a city in Namangan Region, Uzbekistan. It is the administrative center of Chortoq District.^[2]

Etymology

The name "Chortoq" means "4 hills" (from the Persian "chor" - 4 and the Turkic "togh, toq" - hill, mountain), which indicates 4 artificially created hills (hills) in the city, which served at one time for military-defensive and warning purposes.

Geography

Located in northern part of the Ferghana Valley (Fargʻona vodiysi) in eastern Uzbekistan.

Population

Its population is 53,400 (2016).^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Soliyev, A.S. Shaharlar geografiyasi [Geography of cities] (PDF) (in Uzbek). p. 144.
^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan" (in Uzbek and Russian). The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics. July 2020.

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[shaharlar-1] Soliyev, A.S. Shaharlar geografiyasi [Geography of cities] (PDF) (in Uzbek). p. 144.

[class-2] "Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan" (in Uzbek and Russian). The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics. July 2020.

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