PaxtakorPaxtakor is a city in Jizzakh Region, Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Paxtakor District. It had a population of 15,366 in 1989, and 23,900 in 2016.In 1974 Paxtakor was granted city status. The city has a cotton-cleaning factory.MeaningThe word Pakhta in Persian means cotton and kor from kar-, kardan "to do, to make", produces a job name from a noun.