Paxtakor
Paxtakor (, , ) is a city in Jizzakh Region, Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Paxtakor District. It had a population of 15,366 in 1989, and 23,900 in 2016. In 1974 Paxtakor was granted city status. The city has a cotton-cleaning factory.
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- Locality
- Paxtakor
- Region
- Jizzax Viloyati
- Country
- Oʻzbekiston
- Population
- 21,384
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Paxtakor (, , ) is a city in Jizzakh Region, Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Paxtakor District. It had a population of 15,366 in 1989, and 23,900 in 2016. In 1974 Paxtakor was granted city status. The city has a cotton-cleaning factory.
==Meaning== The word Pakhta(پخته) in Persian means cotton and kor from kar-, kardan(کار، کردن) "to do, to make", produces a job name from a noun.
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