Jizzakh (Jizzax)
Jizzakh (Jizzax/Жиззах, ) is a city and the center of Jizzakh Region in Uzbekistan, northeast of Samarkand. Jizzakh is a district-level city. The population of Jizzakh is 179,200 (2020 est.). Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was born in the district of Zaamin in the Jizzakh region.
According to one version, the name of the city comes from the Sogdian word "Dizak", which means "small fortress" or "small fort".
According to one version, the name of the city comes from the Sogdian word "Dizak", which means "small fortress" or "small fort".
Map - Jizzakh (Jizzax)
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Country - Uzbekistan
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The first recorded settlers in what is now Uzbekistan were Eastern Iranian nomads, known as Scythians, who founded kingdoms in Khwarazm (8th–6th centuries BC), Bactria (8th–6th centuries BC), Sogdia (8th–6th centuries BC), Fergana (3rd century BC – sixth century AD), and Margiana (3rd century BC – sixth century AD). The area was incorporated into the Iranian Achaemenid Empire and, after a period of Macedonian rule, was ruled by the Iranian Parthian Empire and later by the Sasanian Empire, until the Muslim conquest of Persia in the seventh century.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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UZS | Uzbekistan som | so'm or Ñўм | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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RU | Russian language |
TG | Tajik language |
UZ | Uzbek language |