Özgön

• Official Name — Özgön • Native Name — Өзгөн • Other Name — Uzgen • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name — Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan • Subdivision Name1 — Osh Region • Subdivision Type2 — District • Subdivision Name2 — Özgön • Population As Of — 2021 • Population Total — 62802 • Timezone — KGT • Utc Offset — +6 • Elevation Ft — 3375 • Postal Code — 715520 • Illustration — Map of Central Asia in the 8th century C.E., showing the city of Uzkand (top right, at the Eastern extremity of Farghana) • Illustration — French map (1882) of the Fergana valley, showing the city (centre right) under the name of Oûsgent

The town is mentioned in Chinese annals of the second century BC. It was one of the capitals of the Karakhanids, who called it Mavarannahr and left three well-preserved mausolea. Özgön became the abode of Muhammad b. Nasr during the Kara-Khanid split into two branches. • Illustration — Uzgen Minaret tower. Accounts of Özgön were found in the works of Arab writers like Al-Muqaddasi and Ibn Hawqal in the 10th century.

Özgön is located at the far eastern end of the Ferghana Valley, upstream of the point where the Kara-Darya enters the valley. It is 30 miles northeast of Osh, and 20 miles southeast of Jalal-Abad on the banks of the Kara-Darya, on its right side.

Özgön has a hot summer Mediterranean continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dsa). Summers are hot and dry. Precipitation occurs mostly in winter and its adjacent months.

• Illustration — Mirza Abu Bakr Dughlat's unsuccessful attempt to capture Özgön (from the Baburnama). • Salizhan Sharipov, born in 1964, astronaut One of the middle/high schools of Özgön was named after him.