Moskovskiy

For other uses, see Moskovsky (disambiguation).
Moskovskiy
Moskva, Маскав
Moskovskiy

Location in Tajikistan

Coordinates: 37°39′24″N 69°37′45″E / 37.65667°N 69.62917°E / 37.65667; 69.62917Coordinates: 37°39′24″N 69°37′45″E / 37.65667°N 69.62917°E / 37.65667; 69.62917
Country Tajikistan
Province Khatlon
District Hamadoni
Population (2008)
  Total 20,700

Moskovskiy or Moskva (Tajik: Маскав; Persian: مسکو) is a location in Tajikistan. It is the administrative capital of Hamadoni district in Khatlon Province,[1] located at 37°39′24″N 69°37′45″E / 37.65667°N 69.62917°E / 37.65667; 69.62917.[2] Its population is 20,700 (1 January 2008 est.).[3]

Internet sources often identify Moskovskiy with Chubek, but in fact this is another village in the district, located about 5 km south-east from Moskva 37°36′46″N 69°42′22″E / 37.61278°N 69.70611°E / 37.61278; 69.70611).[4]

References

  1. Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe
  2. Location of Moskva, the capital of Hamadoni district
  3. Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2008, State Committee of Statistics, Dushanbe, 2008 (Russian)
  4. Chubek is not Moskva/Moskovskiy despite this screen on geonames.org (for relative position see Moskva, Tajikistan on geonames.org)
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