Moskovskiy

For other uses, see Moskovsky (disambiguation).
Moskovskiy
Moskva, Маскав
Moskovskiy

Location in Tajikistan

Coordinates: 37°39′24″N 69°37′45″E / 37.65667°N 69.62917°E / 37.65667; 69.62917Coordinates: 37°39′24″N 69°37′45″E / 37.65667°N 69.62917°E / 37.65667; 69.62917
Country Tajikistan
Province Khatlon
District Hamadoni
Population (2008)
 • Total 20,700

Moskovskiy or Moskva (Tajik: Маскав; Persian: مسکو‎‎) is a location in Tajikistan. It is the administrative capital of Hamadoni district in Khatlon Province,[1] located at 37°39′24″N 69°37′45″E / 37.65667°N 69.62917°E / 37.65667; 69.62917.[2] Its population is 20,700 (1 January 2008 est.).[3]

Internet sources often identify Moskovskiy with Chubek, but in fact this is another village in the district, located about 5 km south-east from Moskva 37°36′46″N 69°42′22″E / 37.61278°N 69.70611°E / 37.61278; 69.70611).[4]

References

  1. ↑ Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe
  2. ↑ Location of Moskva, the capital of Hamadoni district
  3. ↑ Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2008, State Committee of Statistics, Dushanbe, 2008 (Russian)
  4. ↑ Chubek is not Moskva/Moskovskiy despite this screen on geonames.org (for relative position see Moskva, Tajikistan on geonames.org)
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