Tinchlik
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 Uzbekistan
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| Province: | Fargʻona | ||
| District: | Oltiariq | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 26 ' N , 71 ° 30' E | ||
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| Residents : | 12,928 (2005) | ||
Tinchlik is a city (shahar) in the Oltiariq district of the Uzbek province Fargʻona in the Fergana Valley .
The city is located about 25 km west of the provincial capital Fargʻona and borders directly to the north on the district capital Oltiariq . The Oltiariq station on the Qo'qon - Marg'ilon line of the Uzbek Railways ( O'zbekiston Temir Yo'llari ) is located in Tinchlik. The Great Ferghana Canal flows through the city .
Originally the place was named Wannowski after the Russian general Pyotr Semjonowitsch Wannowski . In 1963 he was named after the Uzbek poet Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi in Hamza , renamed by 2012 it acquired its current name. In 1974 Hamza was given city status. According to the 1989 population census, the city had 10,644 inhabitants, according to a calculation for 2005, the population was 12,928.
Individual evidence
- ↑ ХАМЗА. In: dic.academic.ru. Retrieved November 12, 2016 (Russian).
- ↑ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. (1989 census). In: Демоскоп Weekly. Retrieved November 11, 2016 .