Angren is a district-level city in Tashkent Region, eastern Uzbekistan. The city is located on the Angren River 70 mi to the east of Tashkent. The City of Angren was created in 1946 from the villages of Jigariston, Jartepa, Teshiktosh, and Qoʻyxona which had emerged in the rich Angren coal basin during World War II. It has an area of 150 km2 and the population of the city is 191,300. There were several large coal mines and factories in Angren during Soviet times.