Kattakurgan
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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Place details
- Locality
- Kattaqo'rg'on shahri
- Region
- Samarqand Viloyati
- Country
- Oʻzbekiston
- Population
- 90,600
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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.
==Etymology== The name Katta + qoʻrgʻon means "large city-fortress, mausoleum, hillfort, or kurgan" in Uzbek language.