Quva

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).

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Place details

Locality: Quva
Region: Farg'ona Viloyati
Country: Oʻzbekiston
Population: 46,400
Timezone: Asia/Tashkent

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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: Quva District
Settlement.established_title: Town status
Settlement.established_date: 1974
Settlement.population_as_of: 2016
Settlement.population_total: 46400
Settlement.timezone: UZT

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Quva
Population: 26062
Elevation: 496
Image: Quva (Al-Fargʻoniy maydoni).JPG

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native label: Quva
inception: 1927-00-00
Commons category: Quva

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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.