Ferghana (Uzbek: Fargʻona/Фарғона; Persian: فرغانه‎ Farghāna; Russian: Фергана́) is a city (population: 187,100), the capital of Fergana Province 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 420 km east of Tashkent, and about 75 km west of Andijan.