Shohimardon
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Shohimardon (also Shakhimardan, , ) is a village and a subdivision (rural community) of Fergana District, Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan. It is an exclave of Uzbekistan, surrounded by Kyrgyzstan, in a valley in the Pamir-Alay mountains. The name means ‘King of Men’ in Persian. The river Shohimardonsoy flows through the exclave. There are two villages: Shohimardon and Yordon.
Key facts
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- Shohimardon
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- Шоҳимардон
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- Shohimardon in 1871
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- Shohimardon highlighted on the map of Uzbekistan
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- Uzbekistan#Asia
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- bottom
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- Location within Uzbekistan##Location within Asia
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- 25px Uzbekistan
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- Fergana Region
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- District
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- Fergana District
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- 90
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2002
- Settlement.population_total
- 10100
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Shohimardon (also Shakhimardan, , ) is a village and a subdivision (rural community) of Fergana District, Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan. It is an exclave of Uzbekistan, surrounded by Kyrgyzstan, in a valley in the Pamir-Alay mountains. The name means ‘King of Men’ in Persian. The river Shohimardonsoy flows through the exclave. There are two villages: Shohimardon and Yordon.
Shohimardon is a popular resort with several sanatoria, and an active place of pilgrimage. According to one folk legend, the Caliph Ali was buried in Shohimardon.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shohimardon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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