Boghi Kalon () is a village in the Republic of

Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...

. It is part of the city of

Istaravshan Istaravshan (; ) is a city in Sughd Province in Tajikistan. In 2000, the Tajik government changed the name of the city from Uroteppa (; ''Ura-Tyube'', ). The city lies in the northern foothills of the Turkistan mountain range, 78 kilometers so ...

Sughd Region Sughd Province, also referred to as the Sogdia Region, and Leninabad before 2001, is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces that make up Tajikistan. Centered in the historical Sogdiana, it is located in the north ...

Location

Bogi Kalon is situated in the region of

Sughd Sughd Province, also referred to as the Sogdia Region, and Leninabad before 2001, is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces of Tajikistan, provinces that make up Tajikistan. Centered in the historical Sogdiana, it ...

. Sughd's capital,

Khujand Khujand, sometimes spelled Khodjent and formerly known as Leninabad 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, d ...

, is roughly 70 km / 43 mi away from Bogi Kalon. The distance from Bogi Kalon to Tajikistan's capital,

Dushanbe Dushanbe is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 1,564,700, with this population being largely Tajiks, Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe, and from 1929 to 1961 as St ...

, is approximately 152 km / 94 mi. The terrain height above sea level is said to be approximately 1024 meters.

Geographic coordinates of Bogi Kalon

The location is at a

latitude In geography, latitude is a geographic coordinate system, geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south position of a point on the surface of the Earth or another celestial body. Latitude is given as an angle that ranges from −90° at t ...

of 39.8892° and a longitude of 68.9886°, with an altitude of 3,382 ft (1,030m). In degrees, minutes, and seconds (DMS), the coordinates are 39° 53' 21" N latitude and 68° 59' 19" E

longitude Longitude (, ) is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east- west position of a point on the surface of the Earth, or another celestial body. It is an angular measurement, usually expressed in degrees and denoted by the Greek lett ...

. Distances from Bogi Kalon to the

equator The equator is the circle of latitude that divides Earth into the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Southern Hemisphere, Southern Hemispheres of Earth, hemispheres. It is an imaginary line located at 0 degrees latitude, about in circumferen ...

(0° lat) is 4,423 km north, and to the

prime meridian A prime meridian is an arbitrarily chosen meridian (geography), meridian (a line of longitude) in a geographic coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be 0°. On a spheroid, a prime meridian and its anti-meridian (the 180th meridian ...

(0° long) is 5,742 km east.

Population

Boghi Kalon, located in Tajikistan, is a small village, and detailed population data are not readily available. But Tajikistan population is roughly approximated to be 9,313,800 people in 2020 and 10,273,000 in 2024, 74% of which live in rural areas.

Places near by Boghi kalon

West :
Saksiyon
(0.8 nm)

(1.6 nm)
Ak-Guaz-Kaaz
(2.2 nm), Almaly (3.7 nm). North: Bobotago (1.1 nm),

(1.6 nm),

Vogat Vogat (Russian and Tajik: Вогат) is a village in Sughd Region, northern Tajikistan. It is part of the jamoat Sabriston in the city of Istaravshan Istaravshan (; ) is a city in Sughd Province in Tajikistan. In 2000, the Tajik government c ...

(3.5 nm)
Khuzya
(4.7 nm), Rugund (5.1 nm). East : Poshkent (1.9 nm)
Qal'achai Gulizard
(2.5 nm). South

(1.4 nm)

(3.5 nm)

(3.5 nm)

(3.3 nm), Dalyon (3.7 nm), Dahyak (3.9 nm), Karasakol (4.0 nm), Dahyak (4.2 nm).

References

Populated places in Sughd Region {{Sughd-geo-stub