{"id":136,"date":"2021-10-19T18:00:28","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T18:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/?p=136"},"modified":"2021-10-19T18:01:48","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T18:01:48","slug":"fergana-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/fergana-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Fergana valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 29px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/news\/fergana-valley\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uzbekintour.com\/images\/Flag-Russian.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"29\" height=\"18\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px; color: green; font-weight: bold;\">RUS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_77 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e7b2d097425\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e7b2d097425\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/fergana-valley\/#Introduction\" >Introduction<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/fergana-valley\/#The_major_Fergana_Valleys_cities_are\" >The major Fergana Valley&#8217;s cities are:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Introduction\"><\/span>Introduction<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img class=\"alignright\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/images\/150px_Fergana_valley_map.gif\" alt=\"Fergana valley map\" \/><span class=\"date\">The Fergana Valley<\/span> or <span class=\"date\">Farghana Valley<\/span> (<i>Uzbek: Farg&#8217;ona vodiysi, Russian: \u0424\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0430\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u0434\u043e\u043b\u0438\u043d\u0430<\/i>) is a region in Central Asia spreading across eastern Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.<br \/>\nThe most important part of the province is a rich and fertile valley, in an altitude of <span class=\"date\">1200<\/span> to <span class=\"date\">1500<\/span> ft (<span class=\"date\">400<\/span> to <span class=\"date\">500<\/span> m), opening towards the southwest.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The valley owes its fertility to two rivers, the Naryn and the Kara Darya, which unite in the valley, near Namangan, to form the Syr Darya.<br \/>\n<img class=\"alignleft\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/images\/150px_Fergana_Vallye_Stream.gif\" alt=\"Fergana Vallye Stream\" \/><br \/>\nThe streams, and their numerous mountain effluents, not only supply water for irrigation, but also bring down vast quantities of sand, which is deposited alongside their courses, more especially alongside the Syr Darya where it cuts its way through the Khojent-Ajar ridge, forming there the Karakchikum. This expanse of moving sands, covering an area of 750 km\u00b2, under the influence of south-west winds, encroaches upon the agricultural districts.<br \/>\n<img class=\"alignright\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/images\/150px_Fergana_Valley_Kamchik.gif\" alt=\"Fergana Valley Kamchik Pass\" \/><br \/>\nThe <span class=\"date\">Fergana Valley<\/span> is one of the most densely populated areas of Central Asia and is a major producer of cotton, fruit, and raw silk.<br \/>\nAmong the mineral deposits that are exploited are coal, oil, mercury, antimony, and ozocerite.<br \/>\nSedentary agriculture has been practiced for many centuries in the Fergana Valley, which also lay on one of the main trade routes to China.<br \/>\nThe valley was conquered by the Arabs in the <span class=\"date\">8th<\/span> century, by Genghis Khan; in the <span class=\"date\">13th<\/span>, and by Timur (Tamerlane) in the <span class=\"date\">14th<\/span>.<br \/>\nThe khans of Kokand ruled it from the late <span class=\"date\">18th<\/span> century until it was taken by Russia in <span class=\"date\">1876<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_major_Fergana_Valleys_cities_are\"><\/span>The major Fergana Valley&#8217;s cities are:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/fergana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"datei\">\u00a0Fergana<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <span class=\"datei\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/margilan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Margilan<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/andijan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"datei\">\u00a0Andijan<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <span class=\"datei\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/kokand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kokand (Quq\u014fn)<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n&#8211; <span class=\"datei\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/namangan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Namangan<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#top\">To Top<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Introduction The Fergana Valley or Farghana Valley (Uzbek: Farg&#8217;ona vodiysi, Russian: \u0424\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0430\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u0434\u043e\u043b\u0438\u043d\u0430) is a region in Central Asia spreading across eastern Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The most important part of the province is a rich and fertile valley, in an altitude of 1200 to 1500 ft (400 to 500 m), opening towards the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/fergana-valley\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fergana valley&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":[],"categories":[9,15,1],"tags":[66],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions\/316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}