Namangan

Namangan is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan (2014 pop. 475,700) on the northern edge of the Ferghana Valley.

Mullo Kyrgyz Madrasseh

Get in

By plane

• 1 Namangan Airport (NMA ^IATA). Uzbekistan Airways from Ekaterinburg, Moscow Domodedovo, St. Petersburg, Tashkent. Ural Airlines from Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk-Yemelyanovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg  

See

• 1 Mullo Kyrgyz Madrasseh (Bazaar area). Built in 1910. (updated Feb 2016)
• 2 Mosque of Ota Valikhan Tur. Built in 1915, and one of the largest in Central Asia; now home to a local branch of the Wahabi sect. (updated Feb 2016)
• 3 Namangan Natural History Museum. Housing local archaeological discoveries. (updated Feb 2016)
• 4 Hadja Amin Kabri Architectural Complex (near the bus station). Ornate terra-cotta facade from the 18th to 19th century. (updated Feb 2016)
• 5 Akhsykent ruins. 1st century settlement 25 km west of Namangan, on the Syr-Darya River. Formerly capital of Fergana Valley, it was destroyed by the Mongols, rebuilt by the Timurids and abandoned in the 17th century for Namangan after an earthquake. (updated Feb 2016)

Sleep

• 1 Chorsu Hotel, ☏ +998 69 227 35 01. (updated Feb 2016)
• 2 Orzu Hotel, 1 Nadira St, ☏ +998 78 223 00 17. 150 rooms, some with air-con and many with bathrooms. (updated Feb 2016)