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A small historical reference - Kichik tarixiy ma'lumotnoma
Geography - Geografiya: Kokand is a city in Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan, at the southwestern edge of the Fergana Valley. Administratively, Kokand is a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlement Muqimiy. The city lies 228 km (142 mi) southeast of Tashkent. It is nicknamed "City of Winds". In 1877 when the first ethnographic works were done under the new imperial Russian administration, Kokand was reported and visually depicted on their maps as Tajik inhabited oasis (C.E de Ujfalvy (“Carte Ethnographique du Ferghanah, 1877”). The city and the entire eastern 3/4 of the Fergana Valley were including in Uzbekistan in the 1920s and Stalin's dictates of political borders.
Kokand is at the crossroads of the two main ancient trade routes into the Fergana Valley, one leading northwest over the mountains to Tashkent, and the other west through Khujand. As a result, Kokand is the main transportation junction in the Fergana Valley.
Date of foundation - Tashkil etilgan sana: In the chronicles of the 10th century, the first written documents concerning town of Hukande, Havokande (old names of the town).
History - Tarix:
Population - Aholi: 259 700
Sights - Diqqatga sazovor joylar:
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