Zarafshan (; ) is a
town
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city.
The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
in north-west
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 situated on the northern slope of the
Gissar Range
The Hisar Range, formerly the Gissar Range, is a mountain range in Central Asia, in the western part of the Pamir-Alay system, stretching over 200 km in the general east–west direction across the territory of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
G ...
.
[Зеравшан (пос. гор. типа в Тадж. ССР)]
Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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It is located in
Ayni District
Ayni District, also ''Aini District'' (; , ''Nohiyayi Aynī''), is a Districts of Tajikistan, district in the southern part of Sughd Region, Tajikistan, straddling the middle course of the river Zeravshan (river), Zeravshan. Its capital is the tow ...
in
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 ...
. The town has a total population of 2,400 (Jan. 2020).
See also
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Zeravshan (river)
The Zarafshon is a river in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in Central Asia. Its name, "spreader of gold" in Persian, refers to the presence of gold-bearing sands in the upper reaches of the river. To the ancient Greeks it was known as the ''Polytime ...
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Zarafshan Mountains Zarafshan, Zarafshon or Zeravshan may refer to:
* Zarafshan, Tajikistan
* Zarafshon, Uzbekistan
* Zarafshan Airport, Uzbekistan
*Zarafshon (river), in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
*Zarafshan Range
The Zarafshan Range, formerly the Zeravshan Range, ...
References
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Satellite map
Populated places in Sughd Region
Jamoats of Tajikistan
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