Panjakent (Tajik: Панҷакент) or Penjikent (Russian: Пенджикент) is a city in the Sughd province of Tajikistan on the river Zeravshan, with a population of 52,500 (2020 estimate). It was once an ancient town in Sogdiana. The ruins of the old town are on the outskirts of the modern city. The Sarazm Important Bird Area lies downstream of the city on the tugay-vegetated floodplain of the river.
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Penjikent in the context of National Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan
The Tajikistan National Museum of Antiquities (Russian: Национальный музей древностей Таджикистана, romanized: Natsionalʹnyy muzey drevnostey Tadzhikistana; Tajik: Осорхонаи миллии бостоншиносии Тоҷикистон, romanized: Osorkhonai millii bostonshinosii Tojikiston) is a museum in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. It is particularly famous for its murals from Penjikent.
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