Kosonsoy also spelled as Kasansay is a town in Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....

. Kosonsoy in Namangan Province

Namangan Province

Namangan Province is a viloyat of Uzbekistan, located in the southern part of the Fergana Valley in far eastern part of the country. It is on the right bank of Syr Darya River and borders with Kyrgyzstan, Fergana Province and Andijan Province. It covers an area of 7,900 km2...

 is different from the town of Koson

Koson

Koson may refer to*Koson, a town in Qashqadaryo Province, Uzbekistan*Coson, an inscription found on gold coins in Transylvania...

 of the Qashqadaryo Province

Qashqadaryo Province

Qashqadaryo Province , is a viloyat of Uzbekistan, located in the southern part of the country in the basin of the Qashqadaryo River and the western slopes of the Pamir Mountains. It borders with Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan, Samarqand Province, Buxoro Province and Surxondaryo Province. It covers...

 of Uzbekistan.
Kosonsoy is named after the River "Koson" which flows from high mountains of Kyrgyzstan to Turakurgan District of Namangan Province

Namangan Province

Namangan Province is a viloyat of Uzbekistan, located in the southern part of the Fergana Valley in far eastern part of the country. It is on the right bank of Syr Darya River and borders with Kyrgyzstan, Fergana Province and Andijan Province. It covers an area of 7,900 km2...

 of Uzbekistan, the word "soy" in Tajik

Tajik language

Tajik, Tajik Persian, or Tajiki, is a variety of modern Persian spoken in Central Asia. Historically Tajiks called their language zabani farsī , meaning Persian language in English; the term zabani tajikī, or Tajik language, was introduced in the 20th century by the Soviets...

 means "small river".

History

Kosonsoy is an ancient place, its first settlements date back to times of Kushan Empire

Kushan Empire

The Kushan Empire originally formed in the early 1st century AD under Kujula Kadphises in the territories of ancient Bactria on either side of the middle course of the Oxus in what is now northern Afghanistan, Pakistan, and southern Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.During the 1st and early 2nd centuries...

. The word "koson" came out from the word Kushan. Kosonsoy was an essential part of Kushan Empire together with ancient city Akhsikent, near Namangan city. There are still remains of ancient Mug Castle of Kushanids in the north part of the city
But in other books were written that the "Koson" means "Big town","strong castle".

Population

Kosonsoy has a population about 43,684 inhabitants. The centre of district is town of Kosonsoy. The majority of population in Kosonsoy are ethnic Tajiks.

Education

There are five Secondary Special Education Colleges (SSEC) and one Academic Lyceum in Kosonsoy.
SSECs include medical College, pedagogical College, transport and communication College, Technical college and few others.
There are about 46 secondary schools in Kosonsoy,two or three of them are Tajik schools and one Russian and Uzbek school.

Environment

Kosonsoy is a mounteaneous place, and the mountain is as close as 3 km to the centre of district. The river Kosonsoy divides the city into two parts.

Prominent People

Makhdumi Azam Kosoni, (is also known as Ahmad Kasani) a prominent Muslim scholar/scientist/poet was born in Kosonsoy, the street of maxdumi Azam was named after him and there is monument of Maxdumi Azam near the bank of Kosonsoy River, completed in September 2007.Maxdumi A'zam Kosoniy was religion teacher(Pir)of Zakhiriddin Muhammad Bobur!Maxdumi A'zam Kosoniy wrote the books about Islam.he was one of the three A'zams is Islom world.A descendant of his named Offokkhoja was very famous in Kashgar.Boborahim Mashrab(Shoh Mashrab) was taught by Offokkhoja.Mashrab was his student(murid).