Minor crossings of the Irad–Uzbekistan frontier
The minor crossings of the Irad–Uzbekistan frontier are the local crossings of Irad's frontier with Uzbekistan in the Fergana Valley that have no article of their own. On the roughly 145 kilometers held by the Irad Special Economic Zone (ISEZ) along the Fergana rim farm belt, the main crossings are the Kyzyl-Tuu and Dostuk crossings, which share customs hours with the Uzbek posts under the memorandum of February 2025, and the passenger crossings at Kyzyl-Jar, on the bridge over the Naryn into Uchkurgan at the end of the road down the river from Tash-Kömür, and Izbaskan; the railway at the Kum crossing is closed. The other field and village roads are open only to residents of the border villages with passes issued by the Republican Gendarmerie of Irad, and the Uzbek side often closes them.[1] In the tribal hills above Namangan, the main roads are held by posts of the El-Choro Militias, as at the Baymak, Xadikent and Zangabad crossings; the minor roads and tracks listed here have no fixed post.[2]
| Crossing | Zone | Status | Coordinates | Road and use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nooshken crossing | ISEZ | Minor | 41°00′N 72°11′E | Minor field-road crossing into Uzbekistan beside the village of Nooshken in the Lower Naryn farm belt; residents with Gendarmerie passes only, no customs. |
| Khila crossing | ISEZ | Minor | 41°01′N 72°26′E | Minor village-road crossing into Uzbekistan at Khila in the Lower Naryn farm belt; residents with Gendarmerie passes only, no customs. |
| Dukur crossing | ISEZ | Minor | 40°56′N 72°34′E | Minor crossing into Uzbekistan by the hamlet of Dukur, about 19 km south-west of Bazar-Korgon, on a district road towards Andijan; residents with Gendarmerie passes only, often closed from the Uzbek side. |
| Khadjir-Abad crossing | ISEZ | Minor | 40°53′N 72°38′E | Minor crossing on a farm road through a strip of ISEZ fields south of Khadjir-Abad; residents with Gendarmerie passes only. |
| Arkalyk crossing | ISEZ | Minor | 40°52′N 72°46′E | Minor crossing on a district road that runs through a strip of ISEZ fields between Uzbek villages, about 19 km south of Bazar-Korgon; residents with Gendarmerie passes only. |
| Sarydala crossing | ATR | Minor | 41°13′N 70°25′E | Minor tribal crossing on a mountain road about 7 km north-north-west of Sarydala, in the hills above the Angren side (Tashkent Region); no fixed post, visited by El-Choro patrols; herders and villagers. |
| Kök-Tash crossing | ATR | Minor | 41°08′N 71°07′E | Minor tribal crossing on a track from the Chust side into the hill pastures south-east of Kök-Tash; no fixed post; herders. |
| Karakurgan crossing | ATR | Minor | 41°08′N 71°15′E | Minor tribal crossing on a village road about 3 km south-south-east of Karakurgan, above Chust; no fixed post; villagers and herders. |
| Ayry-Tam crossing | ATR | Minor | 41°08′N 71°25′E | Minor tribal crossing on the village road at Ayry-Tam, the way down to Namangan from the hill villages round Ajek; occasional El-Choro post; villagers and market traffic. |
| Atana crossing | ATR | Minor | 41°18′N 71°52′E | Minor tribal crossing on a road that crosses a tongue of tribal hills between Uzbek villages, south of Atana; no fixed post. |
| Boz-Adyr crossing | ATR | Minor | 41°13′N 71°52′E | Minor tribal crossing at the southern end of the same road through the adyr hills, about 11 km west-south-west of Boz-Adyr; no fixed post. |
References
- ^ Eurasian Development Bank (2023). Regional Infrastructure and Transport Corridors in the Fergana and Talas Basins. EDB Monograph Series, pp. 56–71.
- ^ United Nations Mission in Irad (2022). Settlements and Services in the Chatkal Highlands Zone. Kara-Oi.