Chorkesar

Urban-type settlement in Namangan Region, Uzbekistan
41°01′50″N 70°54′33″E / 41.03056°N 70.90917°E / 41.03056; 70.90917Country UzbekistanRegionNamangan RegionDistrictPop DistrictUrban-type settlement status1957Population
 (1989)
 • Total1,382Time zoneUTC+5 (UZT)

Chorkesar (Uzbek: Chorkesar/Чоркесар, Russian: Чаркесар, romanized: Charkesar) is an urban-type settlement in Namangan Region, Uzbekistan. It is part of Pop District.[1] The town population in 1989 was 1382 people.[2]

In 2021 preparations for the environmental remediation a nearby former uranium mine, and also at Yangiabad, started with the assistance of a €2 million grant from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan" (in Uzbek and Russian). The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics. July 2020.
  2. ^ Population census-1989 Archived 2012-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Clean-up set to start at Uzbek legacy uranium sites". World Nuclear News. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.


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