Area 90 km² Population 10,100 (2002) | Local time Sunday 6:15 AM | |
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Weather 7°C, Wind S at 5 km/h, 68% Humidity | ||
Shohimardon (also Shahimardan or Shakhimardan, Russian: Шахимардан) is a small town in Fergana District of Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan. It is an exclave of Uzbekistan, surrounded by Kyrgyzstan, in a valley in the Pamiro-Alai mountains. According to legend, the Caliph Ali was buried in Shohimardon. The Uzbek poet Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi lived and worked in Shohimardon until he was stoned to death there in 1929.
Map of Shakhimardan, Uzbekistan
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