Chortoq
Chortoq ( — 4 hills) is a city in Namangan Region, Uzbekistan. It is the administrative center of Chortoq District.
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Place details
- Locality
- Chortoq
- Region
- Namangan Viloyati
- Country
- Oʻzbekiston
- Population
- 53,400
- Timezone
- Asia/Tashkent
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Chortoq ( — 4 hills) is a city in Namangan Region, Uzbekistan. It is the administrative center of Chortoq District.
== Etymology == The name "Chortoq" means "4 hills" (from the Persian "chor" - 4 and the Turkic "togh, toq" - hill, mountain), which indicates 4 artificially created hills (hills) in the city, which served at one time for military-defensive and warning purposes.
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