Qurkat
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Qurkat is a town
in north-western Tajikistan
. It is located in Sughd
province south-west of Bekabad
.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in north-western 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 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 south-west of Bekabad
Bekabad
Bekabad is a city in Toshkent Province, Eastern Uzbekistan.The city was founded in 1945 as Begovat and was renamed Bekabad in 1964. Population: 82,082 . Bekabad lies along both banks of the Syr Darya River at the extreme southern tip of the region. It is an important industrial center, with a...
.