Chortoq ( — 4 hills) is a city in

Namangan Region Namangan Region (/Наманган вилояти, نمنگن ولايتى; , ''Namanganskaya oblast'') is one of the regions of Uzbekistan, located in the southern part of the Fergana Valley in far eastern part of the country. It is on the righ ...

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. It is the administrative center of Chortoq District.

Etymology

The name "Chortoq" means "4 hills" (from the

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

''"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 The Fergana Valley (also commonly spelled the Ferghana Valley) in Central Asia crosses eastern Uzbekistan, southern Kyrgyzstan and northern Tajikistan. Encompassing three former Soviet republics, the valley is ethnically diverse and relation ...

(Fargʻona vodiysi) in eastern Uzbekistan.

Population

Its population is 53,400 (2016).

References

Populated places in Namangan Region Cities in Uzbekistan {{Uzbekistan-geo-stub