Panjakent

Panjakent, also spelled Penjikent, is a city in . It lies at the entrance to , one of Tajikstan's main tourist attractions. Around the modern town and in its museum you will find remains of one of the great cities of the pre-Islamic Sogdian peoples.
  • City with about 43,800 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,000 metres (3,270 feet)
  • Description: city in Tajikistan
  • Postal code: 735500
  • Also known as
    “Panjikant”
    “Panjkent”
    “Pendshikent”
    “Pendzhakent”
    “Pendzhikent”

Places of Interest

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ozodagon.
Hamlet
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Latitude
39.4962° or 39° 29′ 46″ north
Longitude
67.6141° or 67° 36′ 51″ east
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Open location code
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Uzbek—“Panjakent” goes by many names.
PanjikentAfrikaans
بنجكنتArabic
PanjakentAsturian
PanjakentBasque
ПенджыкентBelarusian
পাঞ্জাকেন্তBengali
ПенджикентBulgarian
PanjakentCatalan
PanjakentCebuano
彭吉肯特Chinese
潘加肯特Chinese
PandžakentCzech
PanjakentDanish
PandzjakentDutch
PanjakentDutch
بنجكنتEgyptian Arabic
PandžakentEstonian
PendžikentEstonian
PandžakentFinnish
PendžikentFinnish
PanjakentGalician
PanxaquentGalician
ფანჯაკენტიGeorgian
ΠεντζακέντGreek
פנג’אקנטHebrew
पंजकंदHindi
पंजाकॅन्तHindi
PandzsakentHungarian
PanjakentIndonesian
PanjakantItalian
PanjakentItalian
PendzikentItalian
パンジケントJapanese
ПенджикентKazakh
ПенжакентKazakh
ПенжикентKirghiz
Пенжикент шаарыKirghiz
판자켄트Korean
펜지켄트Korean
PandžakentaLatvian
PendžikentaLatvian
PandžakentasLithuanian
PendžikentasLithuanian
PanjakentMadurese
PendzjikentNorwegian
PendzjikentNorwegian Bokmål
ПенджикентOssetian
ਪੰਜਾਕੰਤPanjabi
بومجکثPersian
پنج کندPersian
پنجکنتPersian
پنجه‌کندPersian
پنجیکتPersian
پنجیکثPersian
پنجیکنتPersian
پنجیکندPersian
PandżakentPolish
PendżykentPolish
پنجکنتPushto
PanjakentRomanian
ПанджакентRussian
ПенджекентRussian
ПенджикентRussian
PandžakentSlovenian
PanjakentSwedish
PanjekentSwedish
PendjikentSwedish
PendzjikentSwedish
PenjikentSwedish
PançakentTajik
ПанҷакентTajik
ПанҷикандTajik
ПәнҗәкәнтTatar
PencikentTurkish
ПанджакентUkrainian
ПенджикентUkrainian
PandźakentUpper Sorbian
PendžikentUpper Sorbian
پنجکنتUrdu
PanjakentUzbek

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