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.
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  • Type: City with 41,200 residents
  • Description: city in Tajikistan
  • Also known as: Panjikant”, “Panjkent”, “Pendshikent”, “Pendzhakent”, and “Pendzhikent
  • Postal code: 735500

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ancient Panjakent.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ozodagon.

Hamlet
is a village in , northern . It is part of the jamoat in the city of Panjakent.

Panjakent

Latitude
39.4962° or 39° 29′ 46″ north
Longitude
67.6141° or 67° 36′ 51″ east
Population
41,200
Elevation
998 metres (3,274 feet)
United Nations Location Code
TJ PJK
Open location code
8JF9FJW7+FM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 271664614
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1220798
Wiki­data ID
Q630805
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Uzbek—“Panjakent” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Panjikent
  • Arabic: بنجكنت
  • Asturian: Panjakent
  • Basque: Panjakent
  • Belarusian: Пенджыкент
  • Bengali: পাঞ্জাকেন্ত
  • Bulgarian: Пенджикент
  • Catalan: Panjakent
  • Cebuano: Panjakent
  • Chinese: 彭吉肯特
  • Chinese: 潘加肯特
  • Czech: Pandžakent
  • Danish: Panjakent
  • Dutch: Pandzjakent
  • Dutch: Panjakent
  • Egyptian Arabic: بنجكنت
  • Estonian: Pandžakent
  • Finnish: Pandžakent
  • Finnish: Pendžikent
  • French: Pendjikent
  • Galician: Panjakent
  • Galician: Panxaquent
  • Georgian: ფანჯაკენტი
  • German: Pandschakent
  • German: Pendschikent
  • Greek: Πεντζακέντ
  • Hebrew: פנג’אקנט
  • Hindi: पंजकंद
  • Hindi: पंजाकॅन्त
  • Hungarian: Pandzsakent
  • Indonesian: Panjakent
  • Italian: Panjakant
  • Italian: Panjakent
  • Italian: Pendzikent
  • Japanese: パンジケント
  • Kazakh: Пенджикент
  • Kazakh: Пенжакент
  • Kirghiz: Пенжикент шаары
  • Kirghiz: Пенжикент
  • Korean: 판자켄트
  • Korean: 펜지켄트
  • Lithuanian: Pandžakentas
  • Lithuanian: Pendžikentas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Pendzjikent
  • Norwegian: Pendzjikent
  • Ossetian: Пенджикент
  • Panjabi: ਪੰਜਾਕੰਤ
  • Persian: بومجکث
  • Persian: پنج کند
  • Persian: پنجکنت
  • Persian: پنجکند
  • Persian: پنجه‌کند
  • Persian: پنجیکت
  • Persian: پنجیکث
  • Persian: پنجیکنت
  • Persian: پنجیکند
  • Polish: Pandżakent
  • Polish: Pendżykent
  • Portuguese: Panjakent
  • Portuguese: Panjaquente
  • Pushto: پنجکنت
  • Romanian: Panjakent
  • Russian: Панджакент
  • Russian: Пенджекент
  • Russian: Пенджикент
  • Spanish: Panjakent
  • Spanish: Panjankent
  • Spanish: Panjikand
  • Spanish: Panyakent
  • Swedish: Panjakent
  • Swedish: Panjekent
  • Swedish: Pendjikent
  • Swedish: Pendzjikent
  • Swedish: Penjikent
  • Tajik: Pançakent
  • Tajik: Панҷакент
  • Tajik: Панҷиканд
  • Tatar: Пәнҗәкәнт
  • Turkish: Pencikent
  • Ukrainian: Панджакент
  • Ukrainian: Пенджикент
  • Upper Sorbian: Pandźakent
  • Upper Sorbian: Pendžikent
  • Urdu: پنجکنت
  • Uzbek: Panjakent

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