Yakhtan ( taj. Yakhtan ) is a village located in the Ganchinsky district of the Sogd region of Tajikistan . It is part of the Yakhtan jamoat, formed in 1930 from eight villages of Kizili, Kiigir, Dashtikon, Khushtori Mukhlon, Khushtiri Char, Chari Gulomkush, Dam and Yakhtan, with a total area of 16 850 ha. The administrative center of the jamoat is the village of Khushtori Mukhlon. The jamoat borders in the north and east with the Spitamen region , in the west with the city of Istaravshan , in the south with the Gazantaraki jamoat.
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| A country |  Tajikistan | ||
| Region | Sogd region | ||
| Area | Ganchinsky | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| Based | 1930 | ||
| Timezone | UTC + 5 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | ▲ 10,621 people | ||
| Nationalities | Tajiks, Uzbeks | ||
| Official language | Tajik | ||
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| Car code | 02 | ||
Yakhtan is one of the most developed villages of the jamoat, a settlement arose more than 1000 years ago on the Great Silk Road [1] . In 2013, Yakhtan took third place in the category “best settlement” among jamoats at the annual competition held on the eve of Tajikistan’s independence day [2] .
Famous Natives
Yakhtan - the birthplace of Hero of the Soviet Union (1944) Urumbek Yakibov , who received a high title for heroism shown during the crossing of the Dnieper [3] .
According to some media reports, the current Prime Minister of Uzbekistan, Sh. Mirziyaev, was born in Yakhtan [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Ҷamoati deҳoti Yakhtan Archived March 25, 2016 to Wayback Machine (taj.)
- ↑ Khujand City - “The Best Settlement” of Sogd
- ↑ Yakibov Urumbek
- ↑ In the small homeland of Shavkat Mirziyayev unopened (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment December 12, 2015. Archived December 22, 2015.