Vahdat

For other uses, see Vahdat (disambiguation).
Vahdat
Vahdat

Location in Tajikistan

Coordinates: 38°33′11″N 69°01′14″E / 38.55306°N 69.02056°E / 38.55306; 69.02056
Country Tajikistan
Province Region of Republican Subordination
Government
  Chairman of the town Amirzoda Rahmonali Amir
Elevation 870 m (2,850 ft)
Population
  Total 45 693
Time zone +5
Website www.vahdat.tj

Vahdat (also Vakhdat, meaning unity in Persian) is a city in western Tajikistan, just 10 km east of Dushanbe. In the last century the city has been renamed several times. The city was known as Yangi-Bazar until 1936, when it was renamed Ordzhonikidzeabad in honor of Georgian communist Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze.[1] In 1992 after Tajikistan became independent the city was renamed Kofarnihon (Persian for "a place where unbelievers hide", کافرنهان) and in 2003 it was renamed Vahdat.

See also

References

  1. Room, Adrian. Place-Name Changes Since 1900. London: Scarecrow Press, 1979.

Coordinates: 38°33′11″N 69°01′11″E / 38.55306°N 69.01972°E / 38.55306; 69.01972

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