Balkh, Tajikistan

Coordinates: 37°35′22″N 68°39′39″E / 37.58944°N 68.66083°E / 37.58944; 68.66083
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Kolkhozobod
Колхозобод
Country Tajikistan
ProvinceKhatlon
DistrictRumi
Population
 (2008)
 • Total14,900

Kolkhozobod (Tajik: Колхозoбoд), also Kolkhozabad (Russian transliteration), is a location in Tajikistan. It is the administrative capital of Rumi district (Kolkhozobod district until June 2007) in the south-west of Khatlon Province.

The population of Kolkhozobod in 2007 is estimated at 14,700.[1]

Historical names

The settlement was called Tugalang between 1882–1934 and Kaganovichabad between 1934-1957. The name Kolkhozabad (Russian version) or Kolkhozobod (Tajik version) was in use until 1991, when the town was renamed imeni Isoeva,[2] literally "a settlement named after Sirodjiddin Isoev", who had headed the district for more than 28 years during the Soviet era and had been awarded a Hero of Socialist Labor. The name Kolkhozobod has been subsequently restored and the district capital is currently listed as Kolkhozobod (or Kolkhozabad) in official publications[1] and on all recent maps.[3][4][5]

A location with the same name (Kolkhozabad) exists also in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, in the eastern part of Tajikistan.[6] It lies north-east of Khorugh on the Pamir Highway 37°36′N 71°46′E / 37.600°N 71.767°E / 37.600; 71.767.

References

  1. ^ a b Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2008, State Committee of Statistics, Dushanbe, 2008 Template:Ru icon
  2. ^ District capital names Template:Ru icon
  3. ^ Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe, 2004 Template:Ru icon
  4. ^ Viloyati Khatlon, map showing administrative division of Khatlon Province as of January 1, 2006, "Map Factory" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe, 2006 Template:Ru icon
  5. ^ Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2007, "Map Factory" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe, 2007 Template:En icon
  6. ^ The curious story of the name Kolkhozabad in Tajikistan's Pamir region Template:Ru icon

External links

37°35′22″N 68°39′39″E / 37.58944°N 68.66083°E / 37.58944; 68.66083