Qo‘rg‘ontepa

Qoʻrgʻontepa
City
Qoʻrgʻontepa

Location in Uzbekistan

Coordinates: 40°44′01″N 72°45′30″E / 40.73361°N 72.75833°ECoordinates: 40°44′01″N 72°45′30″E / 40.73361°N 72.75833°E
Country  Uzbekistan
Province Andijan Province
District Qoʻrgʻontepa District
Population (1989)
  Total 19,565
Time zone UZT (UTC+5)
Postal code 170700[1]

Qoʻrgʻontepa (Uzbek: Qoʻrgʻontepa, Қўрғонтепа, Russian: Кургантепа) is a small city and seat of Qoʻrgʻontepa District, in Andijan Province in eastern Uzbekistan. It is located roughly 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Osh, near the border with Kyrgyzstan.[2] In 1989 it had a population of 19,565, and has an estimated population of 28,648 in 2012.[3][4] In 1976 Qo’rg’ontepa was granted city status. The city has a cotton factory, a tool factory and sewing factory.[5] The city is located on the line Andijan-Karasu Uzbek railway line.

References

  1. "Pochta indekslari - Andijon filiali" (in Uzbek). pochta.uz. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  2. Maps (Map). Google Maps.
  3. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. (in Russian). demoscope.ru. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  4. "Uzbekistan: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  5. КУРГАНТЕПА (in Russian). Энциклопедический словарь. 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2012.