The Uzbek part of the Ferghana Valley is in the center of the valley, and in the extreme southeast of Uzbekistan. The whole valley, both this part and the parts in other countries, is on the main route of the old Silk Road route between Kashgar and Samarkand.
Cities
- Andijan 📍 — the birthplace of Babur, founder of the Mughal Dynasty.
- Chust 📍
- Ferghana 📍
- Kokand 📍
- Namangan 📍 — a stronghold of Wahhabism
- Pop 📍
Other destinations
Shohimardon 📍 - A hill resort and exclave in a valley in the Pamiro-Alai mountains surrounded by Kyrgyzstan
Understand
Talk
In Ferghana most people speak Uzbek, but Russian and other languages of the region such as Tajik are also heard.
Get in
By plane
- Andizhan Airport (IATA: AZN). Uzbekistan Airways operates flights from Krasnoyarsk, Moscow Domodedovo International Airport , Novosibirsk, Tashkent.
- Namangan Airport (IATA: NMA).
By road
There is only one way to the Ferghana Valley and it is heavily guarded. You can get to Ferghana with taxi from Tashkent. You can find taxies going there near bazaars. The price is around 30,000 sums. Crossing the border of Ferghana there is a checkpoint where they check passports. Foreigners usually are registered, but there should be no problem.
Note: when going through tunnels there and in area around you cannot photograph or use a mobile phone. The police will stop you and you might have some problems.
Get around
Taxies from certain points of cities go to all other cities. There are also microbuses.
See
Do
Eat
Drink
Stay safe
Respect
Ferghana is a strongly Islamic region, so dressing should be modest.
Go next
Ferghana is a "corner" of Uzbekistan. You can either go back or go to other country - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan or China - all are not far.
Related Wikipedia article: Fergana Valley