Namangan
Uzbekistan · Asia
About Namangan
Namangan is a district-level city in eastern Uzbekistan. It is the administrative, economic, and cultural center of Namangan Region. Namangan is located in the northern edge of the Fergana Valley, less than 30 km from the border with Kyrgyzstan. The city is served by Namangan Airport.
Namangan has been an important craft and trade center in the Fergana Valley since the 17th century. Many factories were built in the city during Soviet times. During World War II, industrial production in Namangan increased fivefold compared with that of the 1920s. Currently, Namangan is mainly a center for light industry, especially in food. It is Uzbekistan's second largest city after Tashkent, with an officially registered population of 668,600 in the city in 2022. Uzbeks form the largest ethnic group.
The city takes its name from the local salt mines (in Persian: نمککان (namak kan) — "a salt mine"). Babur mentioned the village of Namangan in his memoirs Baburnama. In his book A Brief History of the Khanate of Kokand (Russian: Краткая история Кокандского ханства) (Kazan, 1886), the Russian ethnographer Vladimir Petrovich Nalivkin wrote that Namangan is mentioned in legal documents dating...
Namangan travel guide
Getting there
By plane 1 Namangan Airport (NMA IATA). Uzbekistan Airways from Ekaterinburg, Moscow Domodedovo, St. Petersburg, Tashkent. Ural Airlines from Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk-Yemelyanovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg
See
1 Mullo Kyrgyz Madrasseh (Bazaar area). Built in 1910. (updated Feb 2016) 2 Mosque of Ota Valikhan Tur. Built in 1915, and one of the largest in Central Asia; now home to a local branch of the Wahabi sect. (updated Feb 2016) 3 Namangan Natural History Museum. Housing local archaeological discoveries. (updated Feb 2016) 4 Hadja Amin Kabri Architectural Complex (near the bus station). Ornate terra-cotta facade from the 18th to 19th century. (updated Feb 2016) 5 Akhsykent ruins. 1st-century settlement 25 km west of Namangan, on the Syr-Darya River. Formerly capital of Fergana Valley, it was destroyed by the Mongols, rebuilt by the Timurids and abandoned in the 17th century for Namangan after an earthquake. (updated Feb 2016)
Do
Namangan International Flower Festival: –June 2026. (date needs fixing)
Sleep
1 Chorsu Hotel, ☏ +998 69 227 35 01. (updated Feb 2016) 2 Orzu Hotel, 1 Nadira St, ☏ +998 78 223 00 17. 150 rooms, some with air-con and many with bathrooms. (updated Feb 2016) 3 Grand Sherdor Hotel, 1, Amir Timur street, ☏ +998 69 226 06 66, [email protected]. Alt phone numbers: ☏ +998 90 226 06 66; ☏ +998 93 226 06 66. Basic, semi-deluxe and deluxe rooms. Each room is equipped with air conditioning, TV, shower/bathtub, desk and chairs, wardrobe. The hotel also has a restaurant and free parking. (updated May 2024) 4 Istiqlol, 20 Islam Karimov Street, ☏ +998 78 223 00 15, [email protected]. Check-in: 14:00-00:00, check-out: 07:00-12:00. Alt phone numbers: ☏ +998 78 223 00 42; ☏ +998 78 223 00 43. ~US$45 per night for a single room. (updated May 2024)
Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.