Kattakurgan
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Kattakurgan () is a city in the Samarqand Region of Uzbekistan, in the Zarafshon River valley. Administratively, it is a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlement Ingichka. It has 90,600 inhabitants (2021). It is located on the road and railway between Bukhara and Samarkand.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Kattakurgan is referenced by 74 other articles, and connects out to Samarkand, Samarqand Region and Uzbekistan.
It sits within the topics Cities in Uzbekistan, Populated places in Samarkand Region and Samarkand Oblast.
Its subject is documented across 27 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Kattaqo'rg'on shahri
- Region
- Samarqand Viloyati
- Country
- Oʻzbekiston
- Elevation
- 486 m
- Population
- 90,600
- Timezone
- Asia/Samarkand
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Kattakurgan
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Uzbekistan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Uzbekistan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Uzbekistan
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Samarqand Region
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_total
- 90600
- Settlement.population_urban
- 100%
- Settlement.timezone
- GMT + 5
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 480
- Settlement.other_name
- Каттакурган
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Kattaqoʻrgʻon
- Country
- Uzbekistan
- Located in
- Zeravshan Okrug
- Official language
- Uzbek
- Population
- 10087
- Elevation
- 480
- Time zone
- UTC+05:00
- Image
- Kattakurgan bazar 2.jpg
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- inception
- 1601-00-00
- native label
- Kattaqoʻrgʻon / Каттақўрғон
- Commons category
- Kattakurgan, Uzbekistan
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- P12749
- Amman
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Sources and further reading
- References
Kattakurgan () is a city in the Samarqand Region of Uzbekistan, in the Zarafshon River valley. Administratively, it is a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlement Ingichka. It has 90,600 inhabitants (2021). It is located on the road and railway between Bukhara and Samarkand.
==Etymology== The name Katta + qoʻrgʻon means "large city-fortress, mausoleum, hillfort, or kurgan" in Uzbek language.
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