Rudaki, Tajikistan
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Rudaki is a town
and jamoat
in western Tajikistan
. It is located in Panjakent District
in Sughd
province. The jamoat has a total population of 15,039.
The village, once a part of Persia, is the birth place of the poet Rudaki
.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
and jamoat
Jamoats of Tajikistan
The Jamoats of Tajikistan refer to the third-level administrative divisions, similar to communes or municipalities, in the Central Asia country of Tajikistan...
in western Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....
. It is located in Panjakent District
Panjakent district
Panjakent District or Nohiya-i Panjakent is a district in Sughd province, Tajikistan. Its capital is Panjakent.-Administrative divisions:The district is divided administratively into jamoats. They are as follows .-References:...
in Sughd
Sughd
Sughd Province is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces that make up Tajikistan. Centered in the historical Sogdiana, it is located in the northwest of the country, with an area of some 25,400 square kilometers and a population of 2,132,100 , up from 1,870,000...
province. The jamoat has a total population of 15,039.
The village, once a part of Persia, is the birth place of the poet Rudaki
Rudaki
Abu Abdollah Jafar ibn Mohammad Rudaki , also written as Rudagi , was a Persian poet, and is regarded as the first great literary genius of the Modern Persian, who composed poems in the "New Persian" alphabet. Rudaki is considered as a founder of Persian classical literature.He was born in 858 in...
.