Quva (Uzbek: Quva/Қува, قباء; Tajik: Фарғона, Persian: قباء Quva; Russian: Кува) is the capital of Quva District in eastern

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

. Quva is about 450 km east of

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of 2 ...

, about 46 km west of

Andijan Andijan (sometimes spelled Andijon or Andizhan in English) ( uz, Andijon / Андижон / ئەندىجان; fa, اندیجان, ''Andijân/Andīǰān''; russian: Андижан, ''Andižan'') is a city in Uzbekistan. It is the administrative, ...

, and less than 17 km from the

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the ea ...

border. Its population is 46,400 (2016). Quva is motherland of Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr al-Farghānī, (800/805–870) also known as Alfraganus in the West, was an astronomer in the

Abbasid The Abbasid Caliphate ( or ; ar, الْخِلَافَةُ الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, ') was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abdul-Mutta ...

court in

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...

, and one of the most famous astronomers in the 9th century. The lunar crater ''Alfraganus'' is named after him. Quva also famous with its fruits pomegranates, cherries and peaches. In addition, there is a big water reservoir ''Karkidon',' translated means hippopotamus and South Ferghana Canal in the territory of Quva. Neighbouring with the Marhamat district of Andijan region. Kuva district is an administrative unit, the easternmost region of the Ferghana region of Uzbekistan. The administrative center is the city of Kuva. The district was formed as part of the Uzbek SSR on September 29, 1926. Since 1939, the village became the district center, and now the city of Kuva, which arose on the site of the ancient Buddhist and then the Muslim center of Qubo. The total area of the district is 437 km². In the west and south-west it borders with Ferghana, in the north-west - with Tashlak districts of the Ferghana region, in the north - with Boz, in the east - with the Marhamat districts of Andijan region of Uzbekistan, in the south and southeast - with Osh region of

. In terms of population density, the district exceeds the national average. The population in 2004 was about 186,400 people (62.58% of the total population are women). Among the nationalities, the majority are

Uzbeks The Uzbeks ( uz, , , , ) are a Turkic ethnic group native to the wider Central Asian region, being among the largest Turkic ethnic group in the area. They comprise the majority population of Uzbekistan, next to Kazakh and Karakalpak mino ...

Tajiks Tajiks ( fa, تاجيک، تاجک, ''Tājīk, Tājek''; tg, Тоҷик) are a Persian-speaking Iranian ethnic group native to Central Asia, living primarily in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Tajiks are the largest ethnicity in Taj ...

Tatars The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different Turki ...

Russians , native_name_lang = ru , image = , caption = , population = , popplace = 118 million Russians in the Russian Federation (2002 '' Winkler Prins'' estimate) , region1 = , pop1 ...

and others.

History

The mediaeval city was known as Cuba City, according to the studies focused on Arab written documents dating from the VII to X centuries. It was located along the old caravan road linking

Kashgar Kashgar ( ug, قەشقەر, Qeshqer) or Kashi ( zh, c=喀什) is an oasis city in the Tarim Basin region of Southern Xinjiang. It is one of the westernmost cities of China, near the border with Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Pakistan. ...

and the

Fergana Valley The Fergana Valley (; ; ) in Central Asia lies mainly in eastern Uzbekistan, but also extends into southern Kyrgyzstan and northern Tajikistan. Divided into three republics of the former Soviet Union, the valley is ethnically diverse and in the ...

. Once Cuba was the second-largest of its kind in the area after the ancient Ferghana Valley capital, Ahsiket, but in the late 13th century the Mongolian invasion ruined the city. The old town was composed of three parts: the citadel, the shahhristan and the rabbit (residential part of the city). The Middle Ages in the Fergana Valley, where Kuva had developed craft, especially pottery and gold-work, metal treatment, was a major economic and political part in the region. The first archaeological studies in the town began as early as the 1950s when the Major Fergana Canal was constructed, but in the 1956-1957 expedition the greatest achievement was found. File:Weshparkar, 7th century, Kuva (Ferghana), Uzbekistan.jpg, left, Divinity

Weshparkar Weshparkar was the Sogdian god of the Atmosphere and the Wind. He corresponds to the Avestan god Vayu. In Central Asia, Weshparkar has also been associated to the Indian god Shiva. By the VI-VIII centuries. include numerous scenes of worship of ...

, 7th century, Quva (Ferghana), Uzbekistan. File:Head of a demon, 7th century, Kuva (Ferghana), Uzbekistan.jpg, Head of a demon, 7th century, Buddhist temple of Quva (Ferghana), Uzbekistan.

References

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