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Paikend fortress

Paykend or Poykent, an ancient city in , is located in the lower stream of Zarafshan River and was one of the largest cities of the Bukhara oasis.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: human settlement in Uzbekistan
  • Also known as: “Paikend”, “Paykend”, and “Poykent”

Paikend fortress

Latitude
39.58797° or 39° 35′ 17″ north
Longitude
64.01211° or 64° 0′ 44″ east
Open location code
8JF6H2Q6+5R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5600978511
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q1705802
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Paikend fortress” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيكند”
  • Azerbaijani: “Paykənd”
  • Bulgarian: “Пайкенд”
  • Chinese: “波伊肯特”
  • Dutch: “Poykent”
  • Finnish: “Paikend”
  • French: “Bikend”
  • German: “Paikend”
  • Hebrew: “פאיקנד”
  • Japanese: “ポイケント”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Paykend”
  • Kazakh: “Пайкент”
  • Kazakh: “Пәйкент”
  • Persian: “بایکند”
  • Russian: “Пайкенд”
  • Swedish: “Poykent”
  • Tajik: “Байканд”
  • Tatar: “Пайкәнд борынгы каласы археологик аланы”
  • Uzbek: “Poykend”

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