Namangan is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan (2014 pop. 475,700) on the northern edge of the Ferghana Valley.
Get in
By plane
- Namangan Airport (IATA: NMA), 40.985°, 71.561°. Uzbekistan Airways from Ekaterinburg, Moscow Domodedovo, St. Petersburg, Tashkent. Ural Airlines from Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk-Yemelyanovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg
Get around
See
- Mullo Kyrgyz Madrasseh, 41.0025°, 71.6793°. Built in 1910. 2016-02-06
- Mosque of Ota Valikhan Tur, 41.0062°, 71.6904°. Built in 1915, and one of the largest in Central Asia; now home to a local branch of the Wahabi sect. 2016-02-06
- Namangan Natural History Museum, 40.9995°, 71.6662°. Housing local archaeological discoveries. 2016-02-06
- Hadja Amin Kabri Architectural Complex, 41.0030°, 71.6809°. Ornate terra-cotta facade from the 18th to 19th century. 2016-02-06
- Akhsykent ruins, 40.88665°, 71.45236°. 1st century settlement 25 km west of Namangan, on the Syr-Darya River. Formerly capital of Fergana Valley, it was destroyed by the Mongols, rebuilt by the Timurids and abandoned in the 17th century for Namangan after an earthquake. 2016-02-06
Do
Buy
Eat
Drink
Sleep
- Chorsu Hotel, 41.003817°, 71.680620°, +998 69 227 35 01. 2016-02-06
- Orzu Hotel, 1 Nadira St, 40.997483°, 71.667059°, +998 78 223 00 17. 150 rooms, some with air-con and many with bathrooms. 2016-02-06