Changal
Encyclopedia
Changal is a village
in north-west Tajikistan
. It is located in Panjakent District
in Sughd
province.
Changal is a western suburb of Panjakent
and is located on the Zeravshan River. It is a border settlement with Uzbekistan
and lies on the road from Panjakent to Samarkand
.
The economy is based on fishing, using the resources of the river.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in north-west Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....
. It is located in Panjakent District
Panjakent district
Panjakent District or Nohiya-i Panjakent is a district in Sughd province, Tajikistan. Its capital is Panjakent.-Administrative divisions:The district is divided administratively into jamoats. They are as follows .-References:...
in Sughd
Sughd
Sughd Province is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces that make up Tajikistan. Centered in the historical Sogdiana, it is located in the northwest of the country, with an area of some 25,400 square kilometers and a population of 2,132,100 , up from 1,870,000...
province.
Changal is a western suburb of Panjakent
Panjakent
Panjakent , also spelled Panjikent, Panjekent or Penjikent, is a city in the Sughd province of Tajikistan on the Zeravshan River, with a population of 33,000 . It was once an ancient town in Sogdiana...
and is located on the Zeravshan River. It is a border settlement with Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
and lies on the road from Panjakent to Samarkand
Samarkand
Although a Persian-speaking region, it was not united politically with Iran most of the times between the disintegration of the Seleucid Empire and the Arab conquest . In the 6th century it was within the domain of the Turkic kingdom of the Göktürks.At the start of the 8th century Samarkand came...
.
The economy is based on fishing, using the resources of the river.