Ferghana (Uzbek:Fargʻona/Фарғона; Tajik:Фарғона; Persian:فرغانهFarghāna; Russian:Фергана́) is a city (population: 187,100), the capital of Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan, at the southern edge of the Fergana Valley in southern Central Asia, cutting across the borders of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Fergana is about 420km east of Tashkent, and about 75km west of Andijan.