Angren, Uzbekistan
Angren Angren / Ангрен | |
|---|---|
  Angren Location in Uzbekistan | |
| Coordinates: 41°1′N 70°8′E / 41.017°N 70.133°E | |
| Kintra |  Uzbekistan |
| Province | Tashkent Province |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 126,962 |
Angren (Uzbek: Angren / Ангрен; Roushie: Ангрен) is a ceety in eastren Uzbekistan 70 mi (110 km) east o Tashkent. It wis foondit in 1946 as a center for the Uzbek SSR's coal industry. It is locatit on the Angren River.
A notable industrial toun, it has a lairge construction-materials industrie, a rubber processin plant an a pouer station.
Prior tae the collapse o the Soviet Union, the ceety haed a signeeficant Roushien population. The population o the ceety haes declined syne the early 1990s acause o vera puir livin condeetions, unemployment an mass immigration. In 1992 it haed a population o 133,000 but as o 2005 it wis 126,962.
Notable native
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Ilyos Zeytulayev - A regular for the Uzbekistan naitional fitbaa team.