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The district lies on the Kyrgyz side of the Fergana Valley but is governed from Uzbekistan. The figure is taken from CIA World Factbook, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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Sokh is an Uzbek enclave ringed by Kyrgyzstan

The district lies on the Kyrgyz side of the Fergana Valley but is governed from Uzbekistan Sokh covers roughly 325 square kilometres and holds tens of thousands of people, almost all Uzbek speakers. The Fergana Valley holds several such pockets, created when Soviet internal borders were drawn through a dense patchwork of villages. Travel between the enclave and the rest of Uzbekistan crosses Kyrgyz land. It sits in Mondo's world geography collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Sokh is an Uzbek enclave ringed by Kyrgyzstan: the short answers

Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The district lies on the Kyrgyz side of the Fergana Valley but is governed from Uzbekistan. The figure is taken from CIA World Factbook, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a world geography fact?: Yes. It sits on the World Geography shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.