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Spitamen District
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Districts Of Tajikistan
, the regions of Tajikistan Administratively, Tajikistan is divided into: * one autonomous region (russian: автономная область; tg, вилояти мухтор, ''viloyati mukhtor'') * two regions ( tg, вилоятҳо, ''viloyatho'' fa, ولایته ... are subdivided into 47 districts ( tg, ноҳия, ''nohiya'' or russian: район, ''rayon''), not including 4 districts belonging to the capital city Dushanbe, and 18 cities of regional subordination (including Dushanbe, an extraregional capital city). Before ca. 2017, there were 58 districts.''Socio-Economic Atlas of Tajikistan'' World Bank (2005)''Republic of Tajikistan'', map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojjikoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe The districts are fur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khujand
Khujand ( tg, Хуҷанд, Khujand; Uzbek: Хўжанд, romanized: Хo'jand; fa, خجند, Khojand), sometimes spelled Khodjent and known as Leninabad (russian: Ленинабад, Leninabad; tg, Ленинобод, Leninobod; fa, لنینآباد, Leninâbâd) from 1936 to 1991, is the second-largest city of Tajikistan and the capital of Tajikistan's northernmost Sughd province. Khujand is one of the oldest cities in Central Asia, dating back about 2,500 years to the Persian Empire. Situated on the Syr Darya river at the mouth of the Fergana Valley, Khujand was a major city along the ancient Silk Road. After being captured by Alexander the Great in 329 BC, it was renamed Alexandria Eschate and has since been part of various empires in history, including the Umayyad Caliphate (8th century), the Mongol Empire (13th century) and the Russian empire (19th century). Today, the majority of its population are ethnic Tajiks and the city is close to the present borders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tagoyak
Taghoyak (russian: Тагояк tg, Тағояк) is a village and jamoat in north-western Tajikistan. It is located in Spitamen District in Sughd Region Sughd Province ( tg, Вилояти Суғд, Viloyati Sughd, Sogdia Region , fa, ولایت سغد) is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces ( tg, вилоятҳо, viloyatho , fa, ولایت) that make up .... The jamoat has a total population of 16,224 (2015).Jamoat-level basic indicators United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 6 October 2020 References Populated places in Sughd Region[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarband, Sughd
Sarband ( Russian and Tajik: Сарбанд, formerly: ''Kushtegirmon'') is a jamoat in north-western Tajikistan. It is located in Spitamen District in Sughd Region Sughd Province ( tg, Вилояти Суғд, Viloyati Sughd, Sogdia Region , fa, ولایت سغد) is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces ( tg, вилоятҳо, viloyatho , fa, ولایت) that make up .... The jamoat has a total population of 8,502 (2015).Jamoat-level basic indicators United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 3 October 2020 Notes References Populated places in Sughd Region[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurush, Tajikistan
Kurush ( tg, Куруш, formerly: ''Kurkat'') is a village and jamoat in north-western Tajikistan. It is identified with the ancient town Cyropolis that was founded by the Persian king Cyrus the Great. It is located in Spitamen District tg, Ноҳияи Спитамен , nickname = , motto = , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = , image_flag = , flag_size = , image_seal ... in Sughd Region. The jamoat has a total population of 30,469 (2019).Jamoat-level basic indicators United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 3 October 2020 References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khurramzamin
Khurramzamin ( tg, Хуррамзамин, formerly ''Farmonkurgon'') is a village and jamoat in north-western Tajikistan. It is located in Spitamen District in Sughd Region Sughd Province ( tg, Вилояти Суғд, Viloyati Sughd, Sogdia Region , fa, ولایت سغد) is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces ( tg, вилоятҳо, viloyatho , fa, ولایت) that make up .... The jamoat has a total population of 6,246. References Populated places in Sughd Region Jamoats of Tajikistan {{Tajikistan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istiqlol, Spitamen
Istiqlol ( tg, Истиқлол, formerly: ''Oqteppa'') is a village and jamoat in north-western Tajikistan. It is located in Spitamen District in Sughd Region Sughd Province ( tg, Вилояти Суғд, Viloyati Sughd, Sogdia Region , fa, ولایت سغد) is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces ( tg, вилоятҳо, viloyatho , fa, ولایت) that make up .... The jamoat has a total population of 18,015 (2015).Jamoat-level basic indicators United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 3 October 2020 References Populated places in Sughd Region[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamoats Of Tajikistan
The jamoats of Tajikistan (russian: джамоаты, dzhamoaty; tg, ҷамоати деҳот, jamoati dehot, "village communes") are the third-level administrative divisions, similar to communes or municipalities, in the Central Asian country of Tajikistan. As of January 2020, there are 368 rural jamoats, 65 urban-type settlement, towns and 18 cities in Tajikistan. Each jamoat is further subdivided into villages (or ''deha'' or ''qyshqol'') The jamoats and towns, and their population figures (as of January 2015) by district of each region are listed below:Jamoat-level basic indicators United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 2 October 2020 Sughd Region Districts of Republican Subordination Khatlon Region ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobojon Ghafurov
Bobojon Ghafurov (18 December 1908 – 12 July 1977) (Tajiki: Бобоҷон Ғафуров) or Babadzan Gafurovich Gafurov (russian: Бободжан Гафурович Гафуров) was a Tajik historian, academician, and the author of several books published in Russian and Tajik, including ''History of Tajikistan'' and ''The Tajiks''. Biography Ghafurov, the son of poet Roziya Ozod, was born in the village of Isfisar near Khujand in Tajikistan. He received his PhD from the Institute of History of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Moscow in 1941 with a dissertation on the ''History of the Isma'ili Sect''.Iraj Bashiri''Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century'' International Borbad Foundation, Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 2003. Ghafurov's book ''The Tajiks'' (''Tojikon'') is especially influential in modern Tajikistan. Instead of accepting that Tajiks were simply Uzbeks who "forgot their language", as Uzbek nationalists commonly argue, ''The Tajiks'' arg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander The Great
Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, wikt:Ἀλέξανδρος, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip II of Macedon, Philip II to the throne in 336 BC at the age of 20, and spent most of his ruling years conducting a lengthy military campaign throughout Western Asia and ancient Egypt, Egypt. By the age of thirty, he had created one of the List of largest empires, largest empires in history, stretching from Greece to northwestern Historical India, India. He was undefeated in battle and is widely considered to be one of history's greatest and most successful military commanders. Until the age of 16, Alexander was tutored by Aristotle. In 335 BC, shortly after his assumption of kingship over Macedon, he Alexander's Balkan campaign, campaigned in the Balkans and reasserted control ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sogdiana
Sogdia ( Sogdian: ) or Sogdiana was an ancient Iranian civilization between the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya, and in present-day Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. Sogdiana was also a province of the Achaemenid Empire, and listed on the Behistun Inscription of Darius the Great. Sogdiana was first conquered by Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, and then was annexed by the Macedonian ruler Alexander the Great in 328 BC. It would continue to change hands under the Seleucid Empire, the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, the Kushan Empire, the Sasanian Empire, the Hephthalite Empire, the Western Turkic Khaganate and the Muslim conquest of Transoxiana. The Sogdian city-states, although never politically united, were centered on the city of Samarkand. Sogdian, an Eastern Iranian language, is no longer spoken, but a descendant of one of its dialects, Yaghnobi, is still spoken by the Yaghnobis of Tajikistan. It was widely spoken in Central ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spitamenes
Spitamenes (Old Persian ''Spitamana''; Greek ''Σπιταμένης''; 370 BC – 328 BC) was a Sogdian warlordHolt, Frank L. (1989), ''Alexander the Great and Bactria: the Formation of a Greek Frontier in Central Asia'', Leiden, New York, Copenhagen, Cologne: E. J. Brill, pp 64–65 (see footnote #63 for a discussion on Spitamenes and Apama), . and the leader of the uprising in Sogdiana and Bactria against Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, in 329 BC. He has been credited by modern historians as one of the most tenacious adversaries of Alexander. Biography Spitamenes was an ally of Bessus. In 329, Bessus stirred a revolt in the eastern satrapies, and the same year his allies began to be uncertain about supporting him. Alexander went with his army to Drapsaca, outflanked Bessus and sent him fleeing. Bessus was then removed from power by Spitamenes, and Ptolemy was sent to catch him. While Alexander was founding the new city of Alexandria Eschate on the Jaxartes river, news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
