Jarqoʻrgʻon (, ) is a city in

Surxondaryo Region Surxondaryo Region is a region ('' viloyat'') of Uzbekistan, located in the extreme south-east of the country. Established on 6 March 1941, it borders on Qashqadaryo Region internally, and Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan externally, goin ...

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. It is the capital of

Jarqoʻrgʻon District Jarqoʻrgʻon is a Districts of Uzbekistan, district of Surxondaryo Region in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at the city Jarqoʻrgʻon. It has an area of and its population is 222,100 (2021 est.). The district consists of one city (Jarqoʻrgʻon), 5 ...

. The population was 17,687 in 1989, and 22,700 in 2016. The 12th century Jarkurgan minaret is located in the village Minor, some 5 km southwest of Jarqoʻrgʻon.

History

The name Jarkurgan historically originated from the place located on the edge of a jar (clay pit). In the 8th to 12th centuries, Jarkurgan was known as Charmangan (Sarmangan) and mentioned in

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-Persian geographical literature with various names. In the 8th century, it was under Arab rule, in the 10th century, it was controlled by the

Ghaznavids The Ghaznavid dynasty ( ''Ġaznaviyān'') was a Persianate Muslim dynasty of Turkic peoples, Turkic ''mamluk'' origin. It ruled the Ghaznavid Empire or the Empire of Ghazni from 977 to 1186, which at its greatest extent, extended from the Oxus ...

, in the 11th century, by the

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, and in the first half of the 12th century by the Ghorids of Bamyan. In the early 13th century, it came under the control of the

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. During that time, Jarkurgan (Charmangan) was located in 2 parasangs (an old Persian measure of distance) to the south of

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. Due to its favorable geographical location, Jarkurgan has been an important agricultural center since ancient times. The name of the region comes from the name of the Surkhan (Persian-Tajik: "red") river that flows through the oasis.

Economy

In 1929, the construction of the Y. (year) led to the rapid growth of J. city in the 1930s, driven by the opening of several oil fields.

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was extracted from the vicinity of the city. There are cotton gins, construction materials factories, the "Jarqoʻrgʻon-Neft" oil company, oil rig repair workshops, a sewing factory, an automobile transport depot, fuel storage, and agricultural produce collection warehouses in the city.

Population

Notable people

* Eldor Shomurodov (born 1995), football player

References

Populated places in Surxondaryo Region Cities in Uzbekistan {{Uzbekistan-geo-stub