Panjakent
Панҷакент Пенджикент | |
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From the top to bottom-right, View over Panjakent, Entrance Sign to the City, Panjakent Bazaar, Monument in the City Centre | |
  Panjakent Location of Panjakent  Panjakent Panjakent (Central Asia) | |
| Coordinates: 39°29′12″N 67°37′11″E / 39.486769°N 67.619734°E | |
| Country |  Tajikistan |
| Region | Sughd Region |
| Elevation | 996 m (3,268 ft) |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
| • City | 303,000 |
| • Urban | 52,500 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 |
| Official languages | |
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Panjakent (Tajik: Панҷакент) or Penjikent (Russian: Пенджикент[a]) is a city in the Sughd province of Tajikistan on the river Zeravshan, with a population of 52,500 (2020 estimate). It was once an ancient town in Sogdiana. The ruins of the old town are on the outskirts of the modern city. The Sarazm Important Bird Area lies downstream of the city on the tugay-vegetated floodplain of the river.
- ^ "Climate of Panjakent". Weatherbase.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ^ "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
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