Buston
Buston is a town in northern Tajikistan. It is located in Sughd Region, between the cities of Khujand and Ghafurov. Buston is a city of regional subordination, and is not part of a district.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 36,900 residents
- Description: place in Sughd, Tajikistan
- Also known as: “Buston, Sughd”
- Historically known as: “Chkalov” and “Chkalovsk”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Khudjand International Airport and Arbob Palace.
Khudjand International Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Khujand International Airport is an airport serving Khujand, the second-largest city in Tajikistan. Khujand was formerly known as Leninabad; hence the IATA code LBD. It is located out of the city, in the nearby town of Buston.
Arbob Palace
Photo: Шухрат Саъдиев, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Arbob Cultural Palace is a building in Khujand, Tajikistan, the former headquarters of a Soviet collective farm, built in the 1950s and modelled on the winter gardens of Peterhof, St Petersburg. Arbob Palace is situated 4 km north of Buston.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ghafurov and Isfisor.
Ghafurov
Village
Ghafurov is a town in Ghafurov district, Sughd Region, Tajikistan. It has a population of 20,600, up from 18,900 in the 1989 census. The town was created in 1965, and until 1978 had the name Sovietabad. Ghafurov is situated 3 km southeast of Buston.
Isfisor
Village
Isfisor is a village and jamoat in north-west Tajikistan. It is located in Ghafurov District in Sughd Region. The jamoat has a total population of 39,590. It consists of 6 villages, including Isfisor and Dashti Amin. Isfisor is situated 4 km east of Buston.
Undzhi
Village
Undzhi or Unji is a village and jamoat in north-west Tajikistan. It is located in Ghafurov District in Sughd Region. The jamoat has a total population of 45,230. Undzhi is situated 5 km north of Buston.
Buston
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Ghafurov District, Sughd Region, Tajikistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
40.23552° or 40° 14′ 8″ northLongitude
69.69886° or 69° 41′ 56″ eastPopulation
36,900Elevation
415 metres (1,362 feet)United Nations Location Code
TJ CHKOpen location code
8JGF6MPX+6GOpenStreetMap ID
node 366229444OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Buston” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بوستون”
- Asturian: “Buston, Ghafurov”
- Belarusian: “Бустон”
- Belarusian: “Чкалаўск”
- Bulgarian: “Бустон”
- Bulgarian: “Чкаловск”
- Catalan: “Bӯston”
- Cebuano: “Buston”
- Cebuano: “Chkalov”
- Chinese: “契卡洛夫斯克”
- Chinese: “布斯通”
- Czech: “Buston”
- Czech: “Čkalovsk”
- Dutch: “Chkalovsk”
- Finnish: “Buston”
- Finnish: “Tškalov”
- Finnish: “Tškalovsk”
- French: “Buston”
- French: “Chkalovsk”
- German: “Buston”
- German: “Tschkalowsk”
- Italian: “Buston”
- Japanese: “チカロフスク(タジキスタン)”
- Japanese: “プストン”
- Kazakh: “Бустон (қала)”
- Kazakh: “Бустон”
- Mingrelian: “ბუსტონი”
- Ossetian: “Бустон (сахар)”
- Ossetian: “Бустон”
- Persian: “بوستان، ناحیه غفورف”
- Persian: “بوستان”
- Persian: “چکالوف”
- Persian: “چکلاو”
- Polish: “Buston”
- Polish: “Czkalowsk”
- Polish: “Kistakuz”
- Russian: “Бустан (Таджикистан)”
- Russian: “Бустан”
- Russian: “Бустон”
- Russian: “Костакоз”
- Russian: “Соцгород 6”
- Russian: “Соцгород”
- Russian: “Чкаловск (город в Таджикской ССР)”
- Russian: “Чкаловск (Таджикистан)”
- Russian: “Чкаловск”
- Russian: “Шохкант”
- Slovenian: “Buston”
- Swedish: “Böstan”
- Swedish: “Buston”
- Swedish: “Tjkalov”
- Tajik: “Buston”
- Tajik: “Ckalovsk”
- Tajik: “Бустон”
- Tajik: “Бӯстон”
- Tajik: “Чкалов” (historical)
- Tatar: “Бөстан”
- Turkish: “Buston”
- Turkish: “Çkalovsk”
- Ukrainian: “Бустон”
- Ukrainian: “Чкаловськ”
- Upper Sorbian: “Buston”
- Upper Sorbian: “Čkalowsk”
- Upper Sorbian: “Socgorodok”
- Urdu: “بوستان، غفوروف ضلع”
- Uzbek: “Boʻston”
- Uzbek: “Chkalovsk”
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