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Khujand (also Khozdent), formerly Leninabad is the northernmost region of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Administration
The region consists of 8 towns, 14 districts, 20 settlements and 93 villages.
History
Alexander the Great founded a Greek settlement here in 329 BCE called the city of Alexandria Eschate or "Alexandria The Furthest" - modern Khujand. It formed a bastion for the Greek settlers against the Scythian tribes to the north of the Syr Darya, which the Greeks called the Jaxartes River. It became a major staging point on the northern Silk Route.
Leninabad was founded on October 27, 1939, and reestablished on December 23, 1970. It was renamed Khujand (also written Khozdent or Khojent), after the breakup of the Soviet Union, and is now in the state of Tajikistan.
Geography
Area: 261,000 sq. km.
The region shares a border with Jizakh, Namangan, Samarkand and Fergana regions of Uzbekistan, and Osh region of Kyrgyzstan. The Sirdarya river flows through it.
References
- Hill, John E. 2004. The Peoples of the West from the Weilue 魏略 by Yu Huan 魚豢: A Third Century Chinese Account Composed between 239 and 265 CE. Draft annotated English translation. [1] (http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/texts/weilue/weilue.html) (See under the heading for "Northern Wuyi").
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