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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 965 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANDIJAN  , a

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town of
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Russian
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Turkestan,
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Province of
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Ferghana, eastern
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terminus of the Transcaspian railway, 84 m. by
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rail E.N.E. of
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Khokand, on the
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left
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bank of the upper Syr-darya .
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Altitude 163o ft . Pop . (1900) 49,682 . It was formerly the
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residence of the khans of Khokand, and has beautiful gardens and a large
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park in the
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middle of the town . Andijan is a centre for the
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trade in raw
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cotton and has cotton factories . All over Central
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Asia,
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West Turkestan merchants are known generally as Andijani . The town was destroyed by an
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earthquake on the 16th-17th of
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December 1902, when 5000 persons perished and 16,000 houses were demolished . It has since been rebuilt .

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