Pilgrimage site · Buvayda District
Podsho Pirim Complex
The shrine of Fergana's 'supreme patron'
Nature · Yozyovon District
Yazyavan Natural Monument
A patch of sandy desert preserved in the very middle of the Fergana Valley — dunes, salt flats and desert plants that once covered the valley floor.
Photo: Arina Pan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
About the natural monument
The Yazyavan natural monument protects a desert landscape across Yozyovon and Qoshtepa districts. It was created in the early 1990s to save part of the Yazyavan steppe; sources cite both 1991 and a decision of the regional governor dated 23 May 1994. During the 20th century most of the sandy desert of Central Fergana was turned into irrigated farmland, which makes this one of the few places where you can still see the valley's original landscape — barchan dunes, hummocky sands, salt flats and desert vegetation. Saltwort, camelthorn, reeds and tamarisk grow here, alongside lizards and other desert creatures.
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Photos
Bazaar · Qoshtepa District
Kumtepa Bazaar
A traditional valley market near Margilan
Culture & arts · Margilan
Yodgorlik Silk Factory
From cocoon to ikat under one roof
Mosque · Margilan
Khanaka Mosque
Margilan's main Friday mosque
Madrasa · Margilan
Said Ahmad Khoja Madrasa
Where Margilan's craftsmen work
Pilgrimage site · Margilan
Pir Siddiq Complex
The saint who was saved by pigeons
Mausoleum · Buvayda District
Bibi Buvayda Mausoleum
The shrine that named a district