Krasnogorsk is an
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
in
Tashkent Region
Tashkent Region ( uz, Toshkent viloyati, Тошкент вилояти, russian: Ташкентская область) is a viloyat (region) of Uzbekistan, located in the northeastern part of the country, between the Syr Darya River and the Tien ...
of
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...
. It is part of the city of
Angren.
It was founded in Soviet times in 1953 as Krasnogorsky. 19,176 people live in the town as of 2011. During Soviet time, a large proportion of the town population were German-speakers deported there from throughout the Soviet Union.
References
Populated places in Tashkent Region
Urban-type settlements in Uzbekistan
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