Paxtakor
Pakhtakor | |
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  Pakhtakor Location in Uzbekistan | |
| Coordinates: 40°18′55″N 67°57′16″E / 40.31528°N 67.95444°E | |
| Country |  Uzbekistan |
| Region | Jizzakh Region |
| District | Pakhtakor District |
| Elevation | 305 m (1,001 ft) |
| Population (1989) | |
| • Total | 15,366 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (UZT) |
| Postal code | 130900-130904[1] |
Pakhtakor (Template:Lang-uz, Template:Lang-fa, Template:Lang-uz, Russian: Пахтакaр) is a town in Jizzakh Region, Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Pakhtakor District.
Name
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.
In 1989 it had a population of 15,366, and has an estimated population of 23,593 in 2012.[2][3]
In 1974 Paxtakor was granted city status. The city has a cotton-cleaning factory.[4]
References
- ^ "Pochta indekslari - Jizzax filiali" (in Uzbek). pochta.uz. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. (in Russian). demoscope.ru. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ "Uzbekistan: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ ПАХТАКОР (in Russian). Энциклопедический словарь. 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
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