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Yangiabad

A former uranium-mining town at 1,300 m in the Chatkal foothills, built in German small-town style and now a mountain base.

NatureFounded 1953

About the place

Yangiabad is a small mountain town on the southeastern slope of the Chatkal range, where the Dukentsay and Kattasay streams meet at about 1,300 metres. It was built from the late 1940s as a closed uranium-mining town and became a town in 1953. The mines closed in the 1980s; in 1989 the population was 11,709.

Much of the town was built by German resettlers, and its streets of low houses, none higher than three storeys, recall German small-town architecture. The surrounding slopes of the Chatkal foothills make it a base for walks in the mountains, 22 km by road from Angren railway station.

Why go

  • German-style low-rise streets
  • Chatkal mountain setting at 1,300 m
  • Former closed mining town

Sources (2)

  1. 1.ru.wikipedia.org
  2. 2.uz.wikipedia.org

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