The Simiganj ( tg, Симиганҷ, russian: Симиганч ''Simiganch'') is a short, 27 km, river in western
Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
, central Asia.
It rises from an elevation of about 3000 meters on the southwestern slopes of a mountain in the
Gissar Range
Hisar Range ( tg, Қаторкӯҳи Ҳисор; uz, Hisor tizmasi, russian: Гиссарский хребет; uk, Ґаторкугі Гісор; fa, رشتهکوه حصار; also known as Hissar, Hisor, or Gissar Range) is a mountain range ...
, flows past the town of
Simiganj
Simiganj (russian: Симигандж; tg, Симиганҷ) is a village and jamoat in Tajikistan., United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency It is part of the city of Vahdat in Districts of Republican Subordination
Districts und ...
and enters the
Kofarnihon River
The Kofarnihon ( tg, Кофарниҳон, uz, Kofarnihon, russian: Кафирниган ''Kafirnigan'') is one of the major tributaries of the Amu Darya (together with Vakhsh and Panj) in Tajikistan. The river is long and has a basin area of . ...
at the city of
Vahdat
Vahdat ( tg, Ваҳдат) is a city in western Tajikistan, on the bank of the Kofarnihon River, 21 km east of Dushanbe. It was previously called Yangi-Bozor (1927–1936), Orjonikidzeobod (1936–1993, after Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze) and Kofarnih ...
.
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Rivers of Tajikistan
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