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Region
Fergana
The most fertile and most crowded corner of the country, and the workshop of Uzbek craft: silk in Margilan, ceramics in Rishtan, and the devzira rice that plov cooks insist on.
- Administrative centre
- Fergana
- Area
- 6,760 km²
Rishtan ceramics
What to see
Yodgorlik silk factory, Margilan
Ikat silk still tie-dyed and woven by hand, thread by thread.
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Jami Mosque of Kokand
Umar Khan's Friday mosque of 1809–1812, with a long veranda of 98 red wooden columns.
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Shohimardon
A mountain enclave in the Alay range, with the Hazrat Ali shrine and a blue lake above the village.
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Pir Siddiq Complex, Margilan
A shrine and mosque under green domes in Margilan, its courtyard busy with pigeons.
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