Obikiik

Obikiik
Обикиик (Russian & Tajik)
Russian: Правда, romanized: Pravda (until 2003)
Obikiik is located in Tajikistan
Obikiik
Obikiik
Location in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 38°9′31″N 68°40′20″E / 38.15861°N 68.67222°E / 38.15861; 68.67222
Country Tajikistan
RegionKhatlon
DistrictKhuroson
Population
 (2020)
 • Total12,300
Official languages

Obikiik (Russian and Tajik: Обикиик), formerly Pravda, is a location in Tajikistan. It is the administrative capital of Khuroson District[2] in Khatlon Region.[3] The population of the town is 12,300 (January 2020 estimate).[4]

Pravda was renamed Obikiik around 2003, at the time when former Ghozimalik district was renamed Khuroson district.[5]

  1. ^ "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  2. ^ Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe
  3. ^ Location of Obikiik in Khatlon Region
  4. ^ "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  5. ^ Ghozimalik district renamed Khuroson district Archived September 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)