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Fergana

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Fer·ga·na also Fer·gha·na  (fr-gän) or Far·gho·na (-gn)
A city of eastern Uzbekistan southwest of Andijon. It is the center of the fertile Fergana Valley, a densely populated agricultural and industrial region controlled by Russia after 1876. Population: 164,000.
Fergana, Ferghana [fəˈgɑːnə]
n
1. (Placename) a region of W central Asia, surrounded by high mountains and accessible only from the west; mainly in Uzbekistan and partly in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
2. (Placename) the chief city of this region, in E Uzbekistan. Pop.: 203 000 (1998 est.)


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The breakup of the Soviet Union led to dramatic economic decline in Central Asia, as in the Fergana Valley, where the radical Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan took root in the midst of unemployment rates soaring to between 60 percent and 90 percent.
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In January 1997, we obtained nasopharyngeal swabs from a convenience sample of both ill and well children, ages 2-59 months, who were visiting outpatient clinics in Taraz City (formerly Djambul), Kazakhstan; Fergana, Uzbekistan; and Osh, Kyrgyz Republic.
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The Fergana Valley of Kyrgyzstan is often called the "breadbasket of Central Asia" because of the lush fields, pastures, and orchards that feed millions of people in the region.
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