Qoʻrgʻontepa ( uz, Qoʻrgʻontepa, Қўрғонтепа, russian: Кургантепа) is a small city and seat of
Qoʻrgʻontepa District
Qoʻrgʻontepa District is a district of Andijan Region, Uzbekistan. The capital of the district is the city Qoʻrgʻontepa. The district was established on September 29, 1926. It has an area of and it had 222,100 inhabitants in 2022.
Administra ...
, in
Andijan Region in eastern
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 cou ...
.
It is located roughly north of
Osh
Osh (Kyrgyz: Ош, romanised Osh; uz, O‘sh/Ўш) is the second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, located in the Fergana Valley in the south of the country and often referred to as the "capital of the south". It is the oldest city in the country (e ...
, near the border with
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...
.
In 1989 it had a population of 19,565, and 30,800 in 2016.
In 1976 Qo’rg’ontepa was granted city status. The city has a cotton factory, a tool factory and sewing factory.
The city is located on the
Uzbek Railways
The Uzbekistan Railways ( uz, Oʻzbekiston Temir Yoʻllari, script=latn) are the national rail carrier of Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, ...
Andijan-Karasu line.
References
Populated places in Andijan Region
Cities in Uzbekistan
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