Towns
The capital is Khujand (formerly Leninabad), with a population of 155,900 (2008 est.). Other major towns include:
- Chkalovsk (pop. 25,700)
- Ghafurov (15,700)
- Isfara (40,600)
- Istaravshan (Urateppa) (60,200)
- Taboshar (pop. 12,700)
- Konibodom (Kanibadam) (47,100)
- Panjakent (35,900)
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Famous quotes containing the word towns:
“What youth or maiden conspires with the wild luxuriant beauty of Nature? She flourishes most alone, far from the towns where they reside.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“If there is among you anyone in need, a member of your community in any of your towns within the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted or tight-fisted toward your needy neighbor. You should rather open your hand, willingly lending enough to meet the need, whatever it may be.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 15:7,8.
“The improved American highway system ... isolated the American-in-transit. On his speedway ... he had no contact with the towns which he by-passed. If he stopped for food or gas, he was served no local fare or local fuel, but had one of Howard Johnson’s nationally branded ice cream flavors, and so many gallons of Exxon. This vast ocean of superhighways was nearly as free of culture as the sea traversed by the Mayflower Pilgrims.”
—Daniel J. Boorstin (b. 1914)