Asaka, Uzbekistan
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Asaka is a city in Andijan Province
, Uzbekistan
, to the east of Andijan
in the Ferghana Valley. It was formerly known as Leninsk during the communist era
. The first automobile assembly plant in Central Asia
was opened there by an Uzbekistani-South Korean joint venture, UzDaewoo.
Andijan Province
Andijan Province is a viloyat of Uzbekistan, located in the eastern part of the Fergana Valley in far eastern Uzbekistan. It borders with Kyrgyzstan, Fergana Province and Namangan Province. It covers an area of 4,200 km2...
, Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
, to the east of Andijan
Andijan
Andijan or Andizhan is the fourth-largest city in Uzbekistan, and the capital of the Andijan Province. It is located in the east of the country, at , in the Fergana Valley, near the border with Kyrgyzstan on the Andijan-Say River...
in the Ferghana Valley. It was formerly known as Leninsk during the communist era
Uzbek SSR
The Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic , also known as the Uzbek SSR for short, was one of the republics of the Soviet Union since its creation in 1924...
. The first automobile assembly plant in Central Asia
Central Asia
Central Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...
was opened there by an Uzbekistani-South Korean joint venture, UzDaewoo.