Andhoy ( Dari اندخوى Andxōy , Pashto اندخوي ) is an ancient city in northern Afghanistan . Located in the province of Faryab, located 185 km west of Mazar-i-Sharif. Less than 32 km from the border with Turkmenistan, and is connected to the city of Kerki by a road crossing the border. The junction of roads to Kerki (the former USSR, now Atamurad, Turkmenistan), Herat and Kabul. In Andkhoy, the production of Tekin carpets and rough fabrics, and the processing of astrakhan are developed. Rock salt is mined south of Andhoy. Andhoy is located in Afghan Turkestan, part of Turkestan, annexed to Afghanistan in 1885. One of the northernmost in Afghanistan, close to the border with Turkmenistan . The population of the city is 37,100 people (2004).
| City | |
| Andhoy | |
|---|---|
| dari اندخوى | |
| A country |  Afghanistan |
| Provinces | Faryab |
| Area | Andhoy |
| History and Geography | |
| Center height | 316 m |
| Timezone | UTC + 4: 30 |
| Population | |
| Population | 26,700 people ( 2006 ) |
| Nationalities | Uzbeks 95% |
History
There are legends that the city was founded by the Macedonian ruler Alexander the Great.
At the end of the XIV century, the spiritual mentor of Tamerlane, Mir Said Baraka, received the city of Andkhoy as a portion. The city remains in the power of its descendants in the 15th century. [one]
Until 1820, it was part of the Bukhara emirate .
Notes
- ↑ Rustan Rakhmanaliev, Empire of the Türks // Great Civilization, chapter 6, 2009, S. 580.
Links
- An article about the city (inaccessible link) (inaccessible link from 06/14/2016 [1203 days]) in the Small Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron
- Rustan Rakhmanaliev, Empire of the Türks // Great Civilization, Chapter 6, 2009, S. 580.