Denau

The Russian name of the city is Denau ^[3] . The Russian-language version of the website of the government of Uzbekistan uses a variant of the name Denov ^[4] .

Presumably, the name from the Tajik Denav is a new village . ^[five]

In ancient times, on the site of modern Denau was the city of Chaganian ^[6] .

Later, the village of Denau was the center of Bukhara beks .

In 1929, a railway was drawn through Denau ^[7] .

On January 27, 1958, the urban-type village of Denau in the Denau region was transformed into a city of regional subordination.

In Denau there is a monument of architecture of the Middle Ages - Said Atalyk madrasah of the 15th century.

In Denau, there is the Great Mosque (at the same time accommodates 5,000 people) and the Prayer House of the Protection of the Mother of God of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The city is located at an altitude of 520 meters above sea level, 150 km northeast of Termez , in the interfluve of Surkhandarya and its tributary Sangardak in the Surkhan-Sherabad valley. The Kyzyl-Su river flows within the city.

On the territory of the Denau region are the Gissar Range of the Southwestern Pamir-Alai (the highest point is Mount Chulbair ) and the Babatag Mountains .

Summer temperatures reach +50 ° C. In winter, snow falls two to three times and melts within a few days. Daily average temperatures range from + 3.6 ° C in January to + 28.4 ° C in July.

Railway station on the Termez - Dushanbe line (90 km).

Cotton gin, oil extraction, brick, car repair, distillery. ^[eight]

Oil storage.

In Soviet times, a fruit-vineyard breeding station operated . ^[9] branch of the Research Institute of Fruit Growing, Viticulture and Winemaking named after R. R. Schroeder

The only place in the former Soviet Union where sugarcane was grown and rum was produced.

The largest bazaar in the Surkhandarya region.

Developed services, including catering, individual sewing, shoe repair, etc.

In Denau, the Chaganiyon inter-district newspaper is published. Local TV is available.

Bus station with buses in the district, to the district centers of the Surkhandarya region, to the nearest regional centers, including Tashkent.

The railway station on the line connecting the Tajik capital Dushanbe with other cities, including Russia. And since February 2011, the Denau-Tashkent flight was opened, passing along the new Kumkurgan-Baysun-Tashguzar railway line.

Two hotels, including Hotel Eurasia.

Recently, tourists from different countries travel through Denau annually, traveling through Uzbekistan, continuing their journey through neighboring Tajikistan. The flow of transit tourists is growing every year.

Denau is the first city in the population of Surkhandarya region and the 15th in Uzbekistan . ^[2] It is one of the largest regions of the republic.

The city is inhabited by Uzbeks , Tajiks , Sogutarosh (one of the groups of Tajik-speaking gypsies), Russians, Tatars, Koreans, Uighurs and representatives of other nationalities.

• In Denau was born the Hero of the Soviet Union Sharif Ergashev ( 1916 - 1978 ) - a participant in the Great Patriotic War .
• Kabaev Marat Vazykhovich was born in Denau - a Soviet football player, the father of the Russian gymnast, the 2000 Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva.
• In Denau lived the full holder of the Order of Glory of three degrees A. I. Tkachev (1907-1976), a participant in the Great Patriotic War. The first graduate of the Tashkent University of Information Technologies (former Institute of Communications), a sports journalist and critic, the author of scandalous articles about domestic football, Khidirov Obid Adilovich (born 1982) lives in Denau.

• TSB : Denau
• Denau // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
• Denau Forum

Social network of fellow countrymen Denau

• Videos About Denau: [1] , [2] (link not available) , [3]