Asaka (Uzbekistan)
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Asaka Асака |
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 Uzbekistan
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| Province: | Andijon | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 38 ' N , 72 ° 14' E | ||
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| Height : | 505 m | ||
| Residents : | 60,537 (2009) | ||
Asaka ( Асака in Russian or Cyrillic spelling ) is a city in the Uzbek part of the Ferghana Valley in the Andijon province near the provincial capital Andijon . According to a calculation for 2009, the population is 60,537, the 1989 census showed 43,000. Asaka is the capital of the Asaka district .
In Asaka, automobiles are also manufactured under state care. The Uz-DaewooAvto and GM Uzbekistan joint ventures exist here . At the same time, other companies for parts production were established.
During the communist era, the city was called Zelensk ( Зеленск ) from 1924 to 1937 and was named after the Soviet politician Isaak Zelensky . When this fell out of favor, it was renamed Leninsk ( Ленинск ) in the same year and kept that name until 1991, when it was renamed Asaka.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: bevoelkerungsstatistik.de
- ↑ Paul B. Henze, S. Enders Wimbush: The Return of History ( Memento of December 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 131 kB)