Chorkesar

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|official_name = Chorkesar

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|subdivision_name = 25px Uzbekistan

|subdivision_name1 = Namangan Region

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|subdivision_name2 = Pop District

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|established_date = 1957

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|population_total = 1382

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Chorkesar ({{langx|uz|Chorkesar/Чоркесар}}, {{langx|ru|Чаркесар|Charkesar}}) is an urban-type settlement in Namangan Region, Uzbekistan. It is part of Pop District.{{cite web|url=https://stat.uz/uploads/docs/soato(mhobt)_2020.xlsx|title=Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan|language=uz, ru|date=July 2020|publisher=The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics}} The town population in 1989 was 1382 people.[http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng89_reg2.php Population census-1989] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118160411/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng89_reg2.php |date=2012-01-18 }}

In 2021 preparations for the environmental remediation a nearby former uranium mine, and also at Yangiabad, started with the assistance of a €2 million grant from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.{{cite news |url=https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Clean-up-set-to-start-at-Uzbek-legacy-uranium-site |title=Clean-up set to start at Uzbek legacy uranium sites |publisher=World Nuclear News |date=25 October 2021 |access-date=26 October 2021}}