# Kokand

Kokand (also Khoqand, Quqon or Qo'qon) is a city on the southwestern edge of the Ferghana Valley in Uzbekistan. Population was about 200,000 as of 1999.

## Understand

Kokand is a trading city on the Silk Road, at a junction where a route going north to Tashkent branches off the main trail from Samarkand through the Ferghana Valley and over a pass to Kashgar. It has existed for at least a thousand years.
The city's glory days were 1709-1876 when it ruled the Kokand Kanate, which included parts of what are now four countries. The Russians put an end to that. Yakub Beg, who was born near Kokand and started his career in the Khan's army, built a kingdom around Kashgar and ruled much of what is now Xinjiang in the late 19th century, but Chinese forces ended that.

## Get in
### By train

Uzbek Railways$^{[deadlink]}$ operates daily trains from Tashkent, additionally there are 1-2 services per week from Moscow.
* 40.5190970.9285641 Kokand railway station. (updated Nov 2019)

### By bus

* 40.523170.95632 Bus Station. (updated Feb 2016)

## See

At one time, Kokand had over 300 mosques; some of those survive.
* 40.538670.93811 Palace of Khudayar Khan. Only nineteen of the palace's original 113 rooms survive; they are now a museum. (updated Feb 2016)
* 40.532270.94462 Khamza Museum. dedicated to Kokand’s Soviet poet and hero Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi. (updated Feb 2016)
* 40.531970.94513 Khamza House Museum. (updated Feb 2016)
* 40.530670.94544 Mukimi Museum. (updated Feb 2016)
* 40.53370.94925 Jummi Mosque. The Jummi Mosque, built 1800-1812, is large enough to hold 10,000 worshippers. (updated Feb 2016)
* 40.532170.94366 Amin Bag Madrassah. Built in 1830 and restored in 1913, the madrassah was closed under the Soviets and reopened in 1991. A carved wooden gate leads to the main courtyard with colored tiled walls (updated Feb 2016)
* 40.539770.94987 Dasturkhanci Madrassah. (updated Feb 2016)
* 40.538670.95238 Narbutabey Madrassah. (updated Feb 2016)
* 40.53870.95519 Modar-I-Khan Mausoleum. (updated Feb 2016)
* 40.537970.957810 Dakhma-i-Shakhon. (updated Feb 2016)

## Buy

* 40.526270.95451 Kokand Bazaar. (updated Feb 2016)
* 40.35671.2792 Rishton Ceramics Factory, in the town of Rishton (Half-way between Kokand and Ferghana). The Rishton factory is famed for its blue and green ceramics. Decorative plates, tea-sets with floral design are sold to visitors. However such items are not hand-made. Modern machinery is used in the production process. (updated Feb 2016)

## Eat

* 40.532670.94321 Markhabor Teahouse. (updated Feb 2016)
* 40.532270.94262 Ghuldasta Teahouse. (updated Feb 2016)

## Sleep

* 40.535870.93261 Hotel Istiqlol, ☏ +998 91 140 80 00. (updated Feb 2016)
* 40.535870.93032 Hotel Khan, 31, Istiqlol Kuchasi. (updated Feb 2016)
* 40.536370.92673 Kokand City Hotel, Imam Ismail Buchari Kuchasi (near Nabiyev Cinema), ☏ +998 95 400 40 81. (updated Feb 2016)
* 40.576970.91564 Dangara Hotel, Tashkent Street 70 (Opposite Dangara bus stop.), ☏ +998 73 503 80 04. Comfortable Motel located 5 km from the city center. Outdoor swimming pool and sauna $46 per night (2016). (updated Feb 2016)

## Connect

As of Sep 2024, Kokand and its approach highways have 4G from all Uzbek carriers, and town centre has 5G from Ucell.