Fergana and Namangan regions

Fergana region includes the plain part of the valley and the foothills of the Alay and Turkestan ranges. The Isfayram, Shohimardon, Sokh and Isfara rivers, and canals taken from the Naryn and Karadarya, matter for farming. By industrial output the region is among the leading regions of the country. Agriculture specializes in cotton, grain and silk farming: wheat and barley are grown on rain-fed land and rice on waterlogged land, and the region is also famous for pomegranates and figs; because pastures are plentiful, sheep and goats are kept. Industry has many branches and a large share of heavy industry: there are two oil refineries, at Fergana and Altiarik, as well as chemicals, power, machine building, building materials, and light and food industries. Enterprises cluster in the Fergana–Margilan industrial district and the Kokand and Quvasay nodes. The region is well served by railways and roads; cotton fibre, silk, fabrics, dried fruit, fertilizer and cement go out, while timber, grain, equipment and consumer goods come in. Fergana is an industrial, transport and cultural centre; Margilan has long been famous for atlas and silk weaving; Kokand was the capital of the Kokand Khanate in the 18th–19th centuries; cement and porcelain are made at Quvasay and pottery at Rishton.