Paxtakor
{{Other uses|Pakhtakor (disambiguation)}}
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Paxtakor ({{langx|uz|Paxtakor/Пахтакор}}, {{langx|fa|پختهکار}}, {{langx|ru|Пахтакaр}}) is a city in Jizzakh Region, Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Paxtakor 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}} It had a population of 15,366 in 1989,{{cite web|url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng89_reg2.php|script-title=ru:Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г.|publisher=demoscope.ru|access-date=13 July 2012|language=Russian}} and 23,900 in 2016.{{cite book|url=http://e-library.namdu.uz/26%20%D0%95%D1%80%20%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8%20%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80(%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%8F,%20%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0,%20%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F%20%D0%B2%D0%B0%20%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%8F)/shaharlar%20geografiyasi.%20soliyev%20a.s.%20tashtayeva%20s.k.pdf|title=Shaharlar geografiyasi|trans-title=Geography of cities|language=uz|author1=Soliyev, A.S.|page=144}}
In 1974 Paxtakor was granted city status. The city has a cotton-cleaning factory.{{cite web|url=http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/es/85172/ПАХТАКОР|script-title=ru:ПАХТАКОР|publisher=Энциклопедический словарь. 2009|access-date=13 July 2012|language=Russian}}
Meaning
The word Pakhta(پخته) in Persian means cotton and kor from kar-, kardan(کار، کردن) "to do, to make", produces a job name from a noun.