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List Of Renamed Cities In Tajikistan
The following is the list of cities in Tajikistan that underwent a name change in the past. *Dushanbe → Stalinabad (1929) → Dushanbe (1961) *Khodjend → Leninabad (1939) → Khujand (1991) *Kurgan-Tyube → Qurghonteppa (1993) → Bokhtar (2018) *Sovietabad → Ghafurov (1978) *Ura-Tyube → Istaravshan (2001) *Yangi-Bazar → Orjonikidzeabad (1936) → Qofarnihon (1992) → Vahdat (2003) *Tabashar → Istiqlol (2012) *Nurek → Norak (1993) *Kulyab → Kulob (1993) *Regar → Tursunzade (1972) → Tursunzoda (1993) *Chkalovsk → Chkalov (1993) → Buston (2016) *Pendjikent → Panjakent (1993) *Kalininabad → Sarband (1996) → Levakant See also * List of renamed cities in Kazakhstan * List of renamed cities in Kyrgyzstan *List of renamed cities in Turkmenistan *List of renamed cities in Uzbekistan The following is the list of cities in Uzbekistan that have undergone a name change in the past. *Karmine → Navoiy (1958) *Rishdan → Kuybishevo → Rishtan (1977 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Central Asia. It has an area of and an estimated population of 9,749,625 people. Its capital and largest city is Dushanbe. It is bordered by Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east. It is separated narrowly from Pakistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor. The traditional homelands of the Tajiks include present-day Tajikistan as well as parts of Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. The territory that now constitutes Tajikistan was previously home to several ancient cultures, including the city of Sarazm of the Neolithic and the Bronze Age and was later home to kingdoms ruled by people of different faiths and cultures, including the Oxus civilization, Andronovo culture, Buddhism, Nestorian Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |