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Ghafurov

Tajikistan / Sughd / Chkalovsk /
 town, district center
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Ghafurov (also Gafurov) is a town in Ghafurov district, Sughd Province, Tajikistan. It has a population of 18100 (2014 estimate).The town was created in 1965, and until 1978 had the name Sovietabad (Russian: Советабад). In that year it was renamed in honor of Bobojon Ghafurovich Ghafurov,] commemorating his term of office as the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Tajikistan from 1946 to 1956.
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Coordinates:   40°12'47"N   69°44'37"E
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