Kosonsoy
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Kosonsoy Косонсой |
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| State : |
 Uzbekistan
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| Province: | Namangan | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 15 ′ N , 71 ° 33 ′ E | ||
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| Height : | 885 m | ||
| Residents : | 43,684 (2006) | ||
| Postal code : | 717235 | ||
Kosonsoy ( Cyrillic and Tajik Косонсой ; Kyrgyz Касансай Kazansai ; Russian Касансай Kassansai ) is an independent city and also the capital of the district of the same name in the Uzbek part of the Fergana Valley in the Namangan province .
The population was 43,684 in 2006. The majority of the population are Tajiks . Kosonsoy is located on the river Kosonsoy of the same name on the northern edge of the Fergana Valley on the border with Kyrgyzstan in the north . The mountains of the Chatkal Mountains rise 3 km to the north . Kosonsoy is located 28 km north-northwest of the provincial capital Namangan .
Vegetable growing , dairy farming and silk spinning are of economic importance .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article Kosonsoy in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)