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Khujand

city in Tajikistan
City City Q373808

Facts

20 properties

Identity

Instance of
city, administrative centre, big city[5][6]
Inception
530 BC[18]
Official website
khujand.tj[19]
Native label
Хуҷанд[45]
Official name
Хуҷанд, Ходжент, Ленинабад, Худжанд, Ленинобод, Ходжент, Ленінабад, Худжанд, Ленинабад[40][41]

Location

Country
Tajikistan, Soviet Union, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Khanate of Kokand, Russian Empire[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 40.279°, 69.632°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Sughd Province, Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, Sughd Province, Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, Khojent Uyezd[3]

Population and size

Area
+40[47]
Elevation above sea level
+300[46]
Population
160k (28k–199k, n=9)[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 28,431 · 37,000 · 77,000 · 130,353 · 162,825 GeoNames 191,000 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Local dialing code
00 992 3422[17]
Postal code
735700[16]
More facts +7
Award received
Order of Friendship of Peoples[2]
Capital of
Sughd Province, Leninabad Okrug, Khodzhent Okrug, Khojent Uyezd[36][37][38][39]
Demonym
хуҷандӣ, ленинободиҳо, хуҷандиҳо[42][43][44]
Described by source
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[29][30][31][32][33][34][35]
Named after
Vladimir Lenin
Official language
Tajik[7]
Twinned administrative body
Shymkent, Bukhara, Samarkand, Orenburg, Nishapur, Tabriz, Lincoln, Vladimir[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Judzhand en Chujand en Leninabad en Khujand en Khudzhand en Khojent en Khodjent en Juyand ar خجندة ar خُجندة cs Chodžend cs Leninabad cs Chudžand de Chodschent de Chudschand de Leninobod el Χουτζάντ es Leninabad es Judzhand fa خجند
🔖 Identifiers · 25
VIAF cluster ID
242159731
GND ID
4214666-5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
View to Khujand.JPG ↗
BBC Things ID
bdbc5154-bd29-4e6b-911f-1c5047a6a600
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--586
Edition humboldt digital ID
H0019017
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Khujand
FactGrid item ID
HD 81040
Freebase ID
/m/03j74q
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2556120
GeoNames ID
1514879
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4672063
Show all 25 identifiers +13
Iranica ID
khujand-city-in-northwestern-tajikistan
MusicBrainz area ID
5d69d9ec-9d2d-449b-8caa-5a3c6e2f9984
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3885683
OpenStreetMap node ID
246078046
Quora topic ID
Khujand
SNARC ID
Freguesia de Moura da Serra
TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID
hucend
Topic's main category
Category:Khujand
UN/LOCODE
TJKHU, TJLBD
WOEID
2212369
Who's on First ID
421175587
Wikimapia ID
1724988
Yale LUX ID
place/c2d85bf3-411c-4722-8d8b-09ada38528bf

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🔗 Connections
People born here 37
Oqil Oqilov, Abu-Mahmud Khujandi, Qahhor Mahkamov, Parvizdzhon Umarbaev, Yury Masliukov, Henri Weber, Kamal Khujandi, Solomon Volkov +29 more
Twinned administrative body 8
Samarkand, Tabriz, Lincoln, Bukhara, Vladimir, Orenburg, Shymkent, Nishapur
← Twinned administrative body 8
Samarkand, Tabriz, Bukhara, Vladimir, Orenburg, Shymkent, Nishapur, Aghstafa
People who died here 7
Rahmon Nabiyev, Mahmud Khan, Amet Özenbaşlı, Seytnafe Seytveliyev, Abdul Rahim Beg, Pakhtakor, Mu'tabar Ibrahimova
← Headquarters location 6
FK Khujand, Historical Museum of Sughd, Khujand State University, Eskhata Khujand, Bank Eskhata, Kitobiston
Country 5
Tajikistan, Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Khanate of Kokand, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
Contained subdivisions 4
20 Years of Independence Stadium, Khujand State University, Arbob Cultural Palace, Tajikistan State University of Law, Business, & Politics
Described by source 4
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
Instance of 3
city, administrative centre, big city
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, Sughd Province
← Category combines topics 2
Category:People from Khujand, Category:Births in Khujand
Award received 1
Order of Friendship of Peoples
Capital of 1
Sughd Province
Category for people born here 1
Category:Births in Khujand
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Khujand
FactGrid item ID 1
HD 81040
Located in time zone 1
UTC+05:00
Named after 1
Vladimir Lenin
Named after 1
Khujand Airport
Official language 1
Tajik
SNARC ID 1
Freguesia de Moura da Serra
Topic's main category 1
Category:Khujand
← Capital 1
Sughd Province
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Khujand
← Location of formation 1
Kitobiston
← Operating area 1
Kitobiston
← Place of burial 1
Rahmon Nabiyev
← Place served by transport hub 1
Khujand Airport
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Summary

Khujand is a city[1].

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Khujand include Khujand Airport[48], an airport[49], in Tajikistan[50].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Khujand include Khujand Airport[48], an airport[49], in Tajikistan[50].

FAQs

What awards did Khujand receive?

Honors received include Order of Friendship of Peoples[2].

Related Entities

Aghstafa city Khujand State University Kitobiston Oqil Oqilov Rahmon Nabiyev Russian Empire Shymkent Tajikistan Tajikistan State University of Law, Business, & Politics Vladimir Lenin

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  23. [24] ↑ . Tajikistan Population Census for 2010. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  26. [27] ↑ . Tajikistan Population Census for 2000. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Yale LUX ID → place/c2d85bf3-411c-4722-8d8b-09ada38528bf
    Area → 40 square kilometre
    Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID → place/Khujand
    Demonym → хуҷандӣ, ленинободиҳо, хуҷандиҳо
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