Namangan Region

Coordinates: 41°0′N 71°10′E / 41.000°N 71.167°E

Namangan Province
Namangan viloyati
Наманган вилояти
Province
Country Uzbekistan
Capital Namangan
Area 7,900 km2 (3,050 sq mi)
Population 1,862,000 (2005)
Density 236 / km2 (611 / sq mi)
ISO 3166-2 UZ-NG

Namangan Province (Uzbek: Namangan viloyati, Russian: Наманганская область) is a viloyat (province) of Uzbekistan, located in the southern part of the Fergana Valley in far eastern part of the country. It is on the right bank of Syr Darya River and borders with Kyrgyzstan, Fergana Province and Andijan Province. It covers an area of 7,900 km2. The population is estimated to be around 1,970,000, with over 62% of the population living in rural areas.


Districts

Namangan Province is divided into 11 administrative districts.

Key District name District capital
1 Chartak District Chartak
2 Chust District Chust
3 Kasansay District Kasansay
4 Mingbulak District Jumashuy
5 Namangan District Tashbulak
6 Naryn District Khakkulabad
7 Pap District Pap
8 Turakurgan District Turakurgan
9 Uchkurgan District Uchkurgan
10 Uychi District Uychi
11 Yangikurgan District Yangikurgan

The climate is a typically continental climate with extreme differences between winter and summer temperatures.

Natural resources include deposits of petroleum, natural gas, gold, lead, copper, quartz and antimony. Main agriculture includes cotton, horticulture and sericulture, animal husbandy, including breeding of Angora goats for their valuable down hair.

Industry is primarily based on textiles, with two large silk production complexes, a non-woven fabric manufacturing plant, cotton yarn processing, and numerous smaller textile, leather and footwear plants. The area is also a center for the production of traditional Uzbek handicrafts, especially knives.

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