Settlement Type: | City |
Official Name: | Chortoq |
Native Name: | Uzbek: Chortoq |
Pushpin Map: | Uzbekistan |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 270 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uzbekistan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name: | Uzbekistan |
Subdivision Name1: | Namangan Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Chortoq District |
Established Title: | Town status |
Established Date: | 1976 (town status), known from II century |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 53400 |
Timezone: | UZT |
Utc Offset: | +5 |
Coordinates: | 41.0689°N 71.8153°W |
Postal Code: | 117300 |
Area Code: | +998 69 XX-XX-XXX |
Chortoq (Uzbek: Chortoq — 4 hills) is a city in Namangan Region, Uzbekistan. It is the administrative center of Chortoq District.[1]
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.
Located in northern part of the Ferghana Valley (Fargʻona vodiysi) in eastern Uzbekistan.
Its population is 53,400 (2016).[2]