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Kokand<\/span> (alternative spellings: Khokand, Khokend, Kokan, Khoqand; Uzbek: Qo\u2018qon; Russian: \u041a\u043e\u043a\u0430\u043d\u0434<\/i>) is a city in Fergana Province in eastern Uzbekistan, at the southwestern edge of the Fergana Valley<\/a>. It has a population of 192,500<\/span> (1999<\/span> census estimate). Kokand is 228<\/span> km southeast of Tashkent, 115<\/span> km west of Andijan, and 88<\/span> km west of Fergana.\n<\/p>\n
It is nicknamed “City of Winds”, or sometimes “Town of the Boar”. It is located at 40\u00b031\u203243\u2033N 70\u00b056\u203233\u2033E \/ 40.52861\u00b0N 70.9425\u00b0E \/ 40.52861; 70.9425<\/span> at an altitude of 409<\/span> meters. To Top<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Introduction Kokand (alternative spellings: Khokand, Khokend, Kokan, Khoqand; Uzbek: Qo\u2018qon; Russian: \u041a\u043e\u043a\u0430\u043d\u0434) is a city in Fergana Province in eastern Uzbekistan, at the southwestern edge of the Fergana Valley. It has a population of 192,500 (1999 census estimate). Kokand is 228 km southeast of Tashkent, 115 km west of Andijan, and 88 km west … Continue reading “Kokand”<\/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],"tags":[11,38],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183"}],"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=183"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions\/322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n![\"Kokand](\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/images\/150px_Kokand_Madalikhan.gif\")
\nKokand is on the crossroads of the ancient trade routes, at the junction of two main routes into the Fergana Valley, one leading northwest over the mountains to Tashkent, and the other west through Khujand. As a result, Kokand is the main transportation junction in the Fergana Valley.
\nKokand has existed since at least the 10th<\/span> century, under the name of Khavakend and was frequently mentioned in traveler\u2019s accounts of the caravan route between India and China. The Mongols destroyed Kokand in the 13th<\/span> century.
\nThe present city began as a fort in 1732<\/span> on the site of another older fortress called Eski-Kurgan. In 1740<\/span>, it became the capital of an Uzbek kingdom, the Khanate of Kokand, which reached as far as Kyzylorda to the west and Bishkek to the northeast.
\nKokand was also the major religious center of the Fergana Valley, boasting more than 300 mosques.
\n![\"Kokand](\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/images\/150px_Kokand_Palace.gif\")
\nRussian imperial forces under Mikhail Skobelev captured the city in 1876<\/span> which then became part of Russian Turkistan. ey. It also has a teacher-training institute and a theatre.
\nIt was the capital of the short-lived (1917\u201318<\/span>) anti-Bolshevik Provisional Government of Autonomous Turkistan (also known as Kokand Autonomy).
\nThere are 2<\/span> institutes, 9<\/span> colleges and Lyceums, 40<\/span> secondary and 5<\/span> musical schools, a drama theatre, 7<\/span> clubs, and 20<\/span> libraries.
\n![\"Modern](\"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/images\/150px_Kokand_Modern_City.gif\")
\nThe main cultural life of the city cannot be described without mentioning its museums. There are 7<\/span> historical and house museums located in Kokand.
\nKokand now has textile, food, engineering, and chemical plants and is the main transport junction in the Fergana Vall.<\/p>\n