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Tajikistan
UNESCO
world heritage sites
Badakhshoni Kuhi region
[capital = Khorugh]
Tajik National Park
in
Mountains of the Pamirs
at
N38 45 54 E72 18 19
It consists of high plateaux in the east and, to the west, rugged peaks, some of them over 7,000 meters high, and features extreme seasonal variations of temperature. The longest valley glacier outside the Polar region is located among the 1,085 glaciers inventoried in the site, which also numbers 170 rivers and more than 400 lakes.
Khalton region
[capital = Qurgonteppa]
Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve
in
Panj-e Payon
The Reserve includes extensive riparian tugay ecosystems, the sandy Kashka-Kum desert, the Buritau peak, as well as the Hodja-Kaziyon mountains.
Sugd region
[capital = Khujand]
Khisorak Settlement
in
Sabak
at
N39 26 29.36 E69 41 8.01
A fortress, a palace, residential buildings, a street, a necropolis have been excavated.
Castle on Mount Mugh
in
Khayrabad
at
N39 27 16.2 E68 24 47.45
After examining the artifacts found at the site, archeologists were able to determine the use of the different rooms within the small five-room fortress.
Kum Settlement
in
Khayrabad
at
N39 25 0.1 E68 23 35.29
Channelling much of the east-west exchange along the Silk Roads from the 2nd century BCE to the 16th century CE, a large quantity of goods was traded along the corridor. People travelled, settled, conquered, or were defeated here, making it a melting pot of ethnicities, cultures, religions, sciences, and technologies.
Gardani Khisor Settlement
in
Vishkent
at
N39 25 0.1 E68 23 35.29
See above.
Tali Khamtuda Fortress
in
Panjakent
at
N39 23 34.13 E67 52 00.30
The well-preserved cross-shaped fortress of the first centuries CE, the period immediately predating the blossom of Sogdian civilization on the Silk Road.
Mausoleum of Khoja Mukhammad Bashoro
in
Panjakent
at
N39 23 15.38 E67 51 08.03
The mausoleum was built (without portal) in the 11th and 12th centuries as a building which combined the functions of a mausoleum and a mosque. It consists of a spacious central cupola hall, with rows of vaults on both sides (the left and on the right).
Toksankoriz Irrigation System
in
Panjakent
at
N39 27 39.66 E67 43 38.42
See settlements above.
Sanjarshakh Settlement
in
Panjakent
at
N39 29 5.42 E67 43 22.35
See above.
Town of Ancient Penjikent
in
Panjakent
at
N39 29 12.84 E67 37 5.23
Numerous murals were recovered from the site of Panjikent, and many of them are now on display in the Hermitage Museum and in the National Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan in Dushanbe.
Sarazm Proto-urban Site
in
Panjakent
at
N39 30 28.4 E67 27 31.4
The Proto-urban Site of Sarazm illustrates the early rise of proto-urbanization in this region, reflected in the sophistication of the dwellings, infrastructures, and archaeological findings.