Paikend fortress

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

Paikend fortress

Latitude
39.58607° or 39° 35′ 10″ north
Longitude
64.00793° or 64° 0′ 29″ east
Open location code
8JF6H2P5+C5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 529372721
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q1705802
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Satellite Map

Discover Paikend fortress from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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”
  • German: “Paykend (Ausgrabungen)”
  • Hebrew: “פאיקנד”
  • Indonesian: “Paykend”
  • Japanese: “ポイケント”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Paykend”
  • Kazakh: “Пайкент”
  • Kazakh: “Пәйкент”
  • Persian: “بایکند”
  • Russian: “Пайкенд”
  • Slovenian: “Pajkend”
  • Swedish: “Poykent”
  • Tajik: “Байканд”
  • Tatar: “Пайкәнд борынгы каласы археологик аланы”
  • Turkish: “Paikend”
  • Uzbek: “Poykend”

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