Ghafurov

Bobodschon Ghafurow usually short Ghafurow ( Tajik Бобоҷон Ғафуров / باباجان غفراو; Russian Гафуров Gafurov, English spelling: Gafurov ) is located in Sughd province town in northern Tajikistan. It has 15,000 inhabitants (2000); lived in 1989 there still 18,900. The place is since 1965 the city until 1978, he was named Sowjetabad (Russian: Советабад ). He was named in honor of Bobodschan Gafurowitsch Gafurov ( Cyrillic: Бободжан Гафурович Гафуров ) of the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Tajikistan 1946-1956 renamed Gafurov.

Bobodschon Ghafurow is the administrative seat of the homonymous Rajons Sughd province, the city lies a few kilometers southeast of Khujand near the border with Kyrgyzstan. The Rajon itself covers 2700 km ², 266.500 people live there (as of 2002). One of the main economic activity of the city is the production of fruit and vegetables. In addition cotton processing industry. The nearest railway station is Leninabad.