Ustung | |
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  Ustung Location in Tajikistan | |
| Coordinates: 39°18′N69°13′E / 39.300°N 69.217°E Coordinates: 39°18′N69°13′E / 39.300°N 69.217°E | |
| Country |  Tajikistan |
| Region | Sughd Region |
| District | Kuhistoni Mastchoh District |
| Official languages | |
Ustung is a village in Sughd Region, northwestern Tajikistan. [2] It is part of the jamoat Ivan-Tojik in the Kuhistoni Mastchoh District. [3]
Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. It has an area of 143,100 km2 (55,300 sq mi) and an estimated population of 9,537,645 people. Its capital and largest city is Dushanbe. It is bordered by Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north and China to the east. The traditional homelands of the Tajik people include present-day Tajikistan as well as parts of Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.
Dushanbe is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. As of January 2020, Dushanbe had a population of 863,400 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe, and from 1929 to 1961 as Stalinabad, after Joseph Stalin. Dushanbe is located in the Gissar Valley, bounded by the Gissar Range in the north and east and the Babatag, Aktau, Rangontau and Karatau mountains in the south, and has an elevation of 750–930 m. The city is divided into four districts, all named after historical figures: Ismail Samani, Avicenna, Ferdowsi, and Shah Mansur.
Tajikistan is divided into
Panjakent, or Penjikent is a city in the Sughd province of Tajikistan on the river Zeravshan, with a population of 52,500. 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.
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Sadriddin Ayni was a Tajik intellectual who wrote poetry, fiction, journalism, history and lexicography. He is regarded as Tajikistan's national poet and one of the most important writers in the country's history.
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A nāḥiyah, or nahia, is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consists of a number of villages or sometimes smaller towns. In Tajikistan, it is a second-level division while in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Xinjiang, and the former Ottoman Empire, where it was also called a bucak, it is a third-level or lower division. It can constitute a division of a qadaa, mintaqah or other such district-type of division and is sometimes translated as "subdistrict".
Kuhistoni Mastchoh District or Nohiya-i Kuhistoni Mastchoh, also known as the Gorno-Matchinsky Region is a district in Sughd Region, Tajikistan. The capital of district is the village of Mehron. The population of the district is 25,400.
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Urmetan is a village and jamoat in north-western Tajikistan. It is located in Ayni District in Sughd Region. The jamoat has a total population of 18,016 (2015). It consists of 7 villages: Urmetan, Madm, Revad, Vashan, Veshkand, Vota and Yovon.
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Shaydon is a town and a jamoat in north-west Tajikistan. It is the seat of Asht District in Sughd Region. The town proper has a population of 18,200 (2020). The jamoat consists of the town Shaydon and the villages Dahana, Kulikhoja and Mullomir.
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Dahana is a village and a jamoat in Tajikistan, in central Asia. It is part of the city of Kulob in Khatlon Region. The jamoat has a total population of 29,776 (2015). Its administrative seat is in the village of Dahana.
Kalanak is a village and jamoat in Tajikistan. It is located in Rasht District, one of the Districts of Republican Subordination. The jamoat has a total population of 10,411 (2015). The village is on the northern, right bank of the river Surkhob. On the left bank of the river are the western foothills of the Peter I Range.
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