Somoniyon

Somoniyon
Сомониён
Somoniyon is located in Tajikistan
Somoniyon
Somoniyon
Location in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 38°26′32″N 68°46′37″E / 38.44222°N 68.77694°E / 38.44222; 68.77694
Country Tajikistan
RegionDistricts of Republican Subordination
DistrictRudaki District
Population
 (January 2020)
 • Total25,200

Somoniyon (Tajik: Сомониён, Persian: سامانیان) is a town in Tajikistan. It is the administrative capital of Rudaki District, one of the Districts of Republican Subordination, lying 17 km south of the national capital of Dushanbe and just east of the river Kofarnihon.[1] The population of the town is 25,200 (January 2020 estimate).[2]

  1. ^ Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of 1 January 2007, "Map Factory" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe, 2007 (in English)
  2. ^ "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Retrieved 14 October 2020.