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Sughd Region
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Ayni District tg, Ноҳияи Айнӣ
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Ayni (russian: Айни; tg, Айнӣ) is a village and
jamoat in north-west
Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
. It is the capital of
Ayni District tg, Ноҳияи Айнӣ
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in
Sughd Region, named after the Tajik national poet
Sadriddin Ayni
Sadriddin Ayni ( tg, Садриддин Айнӣ, fa, صدرالدين عينى, russian: Садриддин Саидмуродович Саидмуродов; 15 April 1878 – 15 July 1954) was a Tajik intellectual who wrote poetry, fiction, j ...
. It lies about from
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, لنی ...
and from
Dushanbe
Dushanbe ( tg, Душанбе, ; ; russian: Душанбе) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 863,400 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (ru ...
on the bank of the river
Zeravshan
Zarafshon ( uz, Zarafshon / Зарафшон, fa, زرافشان) is a city in the center of Uzbekistan's Navoiy Region. Administratively, it is a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlement Muruntau. It has an area of and it ...
.
The jamoat has a total population of 14,862 (2015).
[Jamoat-level basic indicators]
United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 5 October 2020 It consists of 11 villages, including Ayni (the seat),
Chore,
Khushikat,
Kumarg,
Zasun and
Zindakon.
History
Ayni is an ancient town of the
Sogdian civilization and later became an Islamic town; a minaret known as the Varz-i Manor (dated 9th-12th century) still stands.
Between 1930 and 1955 it was known as Zahmatobod.
It was a notable centre for Tajik nationalists.
Economy
Agriculture, tobacco, grain and fruit production form the backbone of the local economy, and there is also a large coal mine
Fa-Yagh-nob with a 1.8 billion ton capacity, and a plant located here.
References
Populated places in Sughd Region
Jamoats of Tajikistan
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