Paxtakor (Uzbek: Paxtakor/Пахтакор, Persian: پخته‌کار, Russian: Пахтакaр) is a city in Jizzakh Region, Uzbekistan.

It is the capital of Paxtakor District.

[1] In 1974 Paxtakor was granted city status.

[5] The word Pakhta(پخته) in Persian means cotton and kor from kar-, kardan(کار، کردن) "to do, to make", produces a job name from a noun.

This Uzbekistan location article is a stub.