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Chorkesar

Coordinates: 41°01′50″N 70°54′33″E / 41.03056°N 70.90917°E / 41.03056; 70.90917
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Chorkesar
urban-type settlement
Chorkesar is located in Uzbekistan
Chorkesar
Chorkesar
Location in Uzbekistan
Coordinates: 41°01′50″N 70°54′33″E / 41.03056°N 70.90917°E / 41.03056; 70.90917
Country Uzbekistan
RegionNamangan Region
DistrictPop District
Urban-type settlement status1957
Population
 (1989)
 • Total1,382
Time zoneUTC+5 (UZT)

Chorkesar (Uzbek: Chorkesar/Чоркесар, Russian: Чаркесар, romanizedCharkesar) is an urban-type settlement in Namangan Region, Uzbekistan. It is part of Pop District.[1] The town population in 1989 was 1382 people.[2]

In 2021 preparations for the environmental remediation a nearby former uranium mine, and also at Yangiabad, started with the assistance of a €2 million grant from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan" (in Uzbek and Russian). The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics. July 2020.
  2. ^ Population census-1989 Archived 2012-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Clean-up set to start at Uzbek legacy uranium sites". World Nuclear News. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.