Summary
Ghafurov (also Gafurov, Tajik: Ғафуров, romanized: Ğafurov/Ƣafurov; Russian: Гафуров, romanized: Gafurov) is a town in Ghafurov district, Sughd Region, Tajikistan. It has a population of 20,600 (2020 estimate),[1] up from 18,900 in the 1989 census.[2] The town was created in 1965, and until 1978 had the name Sovietabad (Russian: Советабад). In that year it was renamed in honor of Bobojon Ghafurovich Ghafurov,[3] commemorating his term of office as the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Tajikistan from 1946 to 1956.
Ghafurov
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  Ghafurov Location in Tajikistan | |
| Coordinates: 40°13′12″N 69°43′48″E / 40.22000°N 69.73000°E | |
| Country |  Tajikistan |
| Region | Sughd Region |
| District | Ghafurov District |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 20,600 |
Ghafurov is the administrative center of Ghafurov district. The city lies a few kilometers southeast of the regional capital of Khujand near the border with Kyrgyzstan. A chief product of the city is vegetable and fruit preserves.[4] There is also a cotton industry. The nearest train station is Khujand (formerly Leninabad).[5]
References
edit- ^ "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ World Gazetteer, Tajikistan
- ^ Russian Dictionary-Search engine mirslovarej.com
- ^ Luigi De Martino: Tajikistan at a Crossroad: The Politics of Decentralization Weltbank-Bericht, January 2004 p. 52
- ^ Geographic information on Google Earth