Kosonsoy

Kasânsoy
Косонсой
Kasânsoy is located in Uzbekistan
Kasânsoy
Kasânsoy
Location in Uzbekistan
Coordinates: 41°15′N 71°33′E / 41.250°N 71.550°E / 41.250; 71.550
Country Uzbekistan
RegionNamangan Region
Elevation
885 m (2,906 ft)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total50,900
Time zoneUTC+5
Postal code
717235

Kâsânsây also spelled as Kasansay (Uzbek: Kasansay / Косонсой; Tajik: Косонсой; Russian: Касансай) or simply, Kasan, (ancient Kathan or Great Kushan empire) is a city in Namangan Region, Uzbekistan. It is the seat of Kasansay District.[1] Kasansay is named after the River "Kasan" which flows from high mountains of Kyrgyzstan to Turakurgan District (Namangan Region), the word "soy" in from sugdian-tajik and means a "brook".

  1. ^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan" (in Uzbek and Russian). The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics. July 2020.