Pakhtakor, Uzbekistan

Pakhtakor (Uzbek: Paxtakor/Пахтакор, Persian: پخته‌کار‎, Uzbek: Paxtakor, Russian: Пахтакaр) is a town in Jizzakh Region, Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Pakhtakor District.

Pakhtakor
Pakhtakor
Location in Uzbekistan
Coordinates: 40°18′55″N 67°57′16″E
Country Uzbekistan
RegionJizzakh Region
DistrictPakhtakor District
Elevation
305 m (1,001 ft)
Population
 (1989)
 • Total15,366
Time zoneUTC+5 (UZT)
Postal code
130900-130904[1]

Name

The word Pakhta(پخته) in Persian means cotton and kor from kar-, kardan(کار، کردن) "to do, to make", produces a job name from a noun.


In 1989 it had a population of 15,366, and has an estimated population of 23,593 in 2012.[2][3] In 1974 Paxtakor was granted city status. The city has a cotton-cleaning factory.[4]

gollark: It serves as a subsidy for whoever happens to rent the thing first, and does not fix any underlying problem or provide people with choices.
gollark: No, my issue is that it isn't very good charity.
gollark: I am fine with people using land for community things. I just don't think it makes much sense to randomly rent out land cheaply if you have an issue with local land pricing.
gollark: I don't even know what economic system would actually work at this point but some markety thing seems to be the best available in a lot of domains.
gollark: Convince other people with money to give you land?

References
  1. "Pochta indekslari - Jizzax filiali" (in Uzbek). pochta.uz. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  2. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. (in Russian). demoscope.ru. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  3. "Uzbekistan: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  4. ПАХТАКОР (in Russian). Энциклопедический словарь. 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
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