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Chust

Central Asia

Chust is a city in Namangan Region, Uzbekistan, in the Fergana Valley, and is among the oldest towns in the valley at more than 3,500 years old. It is famed across Central Asia for a distinctive style of handmade knife, the Chust knife or pichak, whose production by craftsmen known as suzangars traces back to around the 8th century BC, and for its traditional embroidered skullcaps.

Facts
Population
28,039 1
Climate Zone
Continental 2
Time Zone
UTC+05:00 3
Sources
1. Wikidata: Chust
  • Population: 28,039
2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 41.25, 71.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 41.25, 71.25
41.25 71.25 Dsb
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3. GeoNames: Chust - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1514192, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 1514192, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
41.00329 71.23791 P PPLA2 UZ 06 1514190 100200 662 Asia/Tashkent
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Chust, Uzbekistan (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Central Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and countryView the Source
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