Quva
Sign in to savealt=This park erected name after Alfraganus|thumb|View of Park alt=Monument of Alfraganus in Cairo|thumb|Monument of Al-Farghani in Cairo (Egypt). Quva (, ; ; ) is the capital of Quva District in eastern Uzbekistan. Quva is about 450 km east of Tashkent, about 46 km west of Andijan, and less than 17 km from the border with Kyrgyzstan. Its population is 46,400 (2016).
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Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.official_name
- Quva
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- West Asia#Uzbekistan
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 270
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Uzbekistan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Uzbekistan
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Fergana Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
Key dates
- Inception
- 1927
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Quva
- Country
- Uzbekistan
- Located in
- Fergana Region
- Population
- +26062
- Elevation
- +496
- Time zone
- UTC+05:00
- Image
- Quva (Al-Fargʻoniy maydoni).JPG
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alt=This park erected name after Alfraganus|thumb|View of Park alt=Monument of Alfraganus in Cairo|thumb|Monument of Al-Farghani in Cairo (Egypt). Quva (, ; ; ) is the capital of Quva District in eastern Uzbekistan. Quva is about 450 km east of Tashkent, about 46 km west of Andijan, and less than 17 km from the border with Kyrgyzstan. Its population is 46,400 (2016).
Quva is the birth city of Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr al-Farghānī (800/805–870), also known as Alfraganus in the West. Alfraganus was an astronomer in the Abbasid court in Baghdad, and one of the most famous astronomers of the 9th century. The lunar crater Alfraganus is named after him.