city · Tashkent Region

Angren

A mining town in the Akhangaran valley, founded in 1940 to work the coalfield; the road and railway to the Fergana Valley run through it.

Photo: Галиев Ярослав · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

History and setting

Angren lies on the right bank of the Akhangaran valley between the Chatkal and East Kurama ranges, some 78 km south-east of Tashkent (114 km by road). On 29 September 1940 the workers’ settlement of Angrenshakhtstroy was founded on the site of several villages, and on 13 June 1946 it became a town. Angren is made up of several separate districts strung along the valley.

Known for

Angren is the centre of the country’s coal industry, mining brown coal and running a plant that turns coal into gas underground. The Tashkent–Kokand highway and the Angren–Pap railway pass through, linking the three Fergana Valley regions with the rest of Uzbekistan. The mountain town of Yangiobod, known for its former uranium mines, is administered from Angren, and the Palaeolithic site of Kulbulak lies nearby. The surrounding mountains offer good walking.

Sources (5)

Angren

Places here

Modern · Angren

Yangiobod

A former closed town in the mountains

Angren

Getting there

Airport, railway station and bus stations — addresses, timetables and the live board.

All transport

TAS Airport · Nearest Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport ≈ 75 km as the crow flies Live board

Railway Angren Station 20 trains

Angren

From Angren to other cities

Road distance, the fastest train and whether there is a direct flight.

All distances

City	Road, km	By car	By train	Flight	Bus
Tashkent Tashkent (city)	104	1 h 39 min	1 h 23 min Oʻzbekiston 733Ф	—	—
Kokand Fergana Region	130	1 h 35 min	2 h 38 min 130Ф	—	—
Namangan Namangan Region	181	2 h 12 min	2 h 48 min Oʻzbekiston 734Ф	2 flights	—
Fergana Fergana Region	220	2 h 42 min	3 h 34 min 130Ф	3 flights	—