Shohimardon

[4] Shakhimardan City Resort is situated at 1975m above sea level, 155 km from Ferghana, in the picturesque mountainous district.

[5] The Uzbek poet Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi lived and worked in Shohimardon until he was stoned to death there in 1929.

[6] Shohimardon is an exclave of Uzbekistan, surrounded by Kyrgyzstan's Batken region, Kadamjay district, in Eastern Central Asia.

After Koksu joins to Oqsu near to village park, river Shohimardonsoy starts, which flows down to Margilan.

[7] In addition to public education, private tutoring courses in language training, and preparing for university exams are available.

The Uzbek government continuously subsidizes most educational and health services in order to maintain a reasonable quality of life in the isolated region.

Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi was stoned to death in the town of Shohimardon, by Islamic fundamentalists on the accusation of anti-religious activities.

From Shohimardon town center local road R-144a leads to Qurbonkul (Blue lake) and R-144b to Dugoba mount camp.

Most tourists from abroad or other parts of Uzbekistan who arrive by air land at Ferghana International airport, then make the transfer by car.

It is proposed to build small airport for light aircraft to develop tourism in subdivision and directly connect it with Uzbekistan without crossing Kyrgyzstan's border, as it was built in another isolated exclave - Sokh.

After Independence of former Soviet Republics border issues between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan significantly decreased flow of tourists into Shohimardon.

The collection of museum consists of lifetime stories and books of Niyazi and materials regarding to Shohimardon's history.

It is home for three famous figures of history, and two of them are religious characters that Central Asian people give a lot respect.

High rate of unemployment in exclave's villages results in fleeing to mainland Uzbekistan or foreign countries.

Rivers that flow through high mountains are great potential to build small hydroelectric power stations.

Uzbekhydroenergo and the Hydro4U consortium receive a €1 million buyout for the purchase of equipment for a new hydroelectric power station.

The parties signed the agreement on June 21, 2022, at the annual meeting of the participants of the Hydro4U small power plant construction project.

That's why it is easy to see paintings of Shohimardon among the artworks of Uzbekistan and Central Asia's most famous painters.

Shohimardon highlighted on the map of Uzbekistan
The Shrine of Ali at Shahimardan