Sughd Province

sights.uz lists 23 historic and notable places in Sughd Province, Tajikistan. Among them are 9 monuments, 11 eco-tourism sites and 3 museums.

Sarazm

Sarazm (Tajik: Саразм) is a town and also a jamoat in the city of Panjakent in Sughd Region, north-western Tajikistan. It dates back to the 4th millennium BC, with C14 dates…

Iskanderkul

Iskanderkul (Russian: Искандеркуль; Tajik: Искандаркӯл) is a mountain lake of glacial origin in Tajikistan's Sughd Province. It lies at an altitude of 2,195 metres (7,201 ft) on…

Alexandria Eschate

Alexandria Eschate (Attic Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια Ἐσχάτη, Doric Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια Ἐσχάτα, romanized: Alexandria Eschata, "Furthest Alexandria") was a city founded by Alexander the…

Kayrakkum Reservoir

Kayrakkum Reservoir (Tajik: Обанбори Қайроққум; Russian: Кайраккумское водохранилище), also spelled variously as Qayroqqum, Qayraqqum, Kayrakum or Kairakum, is a large artificial…

Historical Museum of Sughd

The Historical Museum of Sughd (Tajik: Осорхонаи таърихии вилояти Суғд) is a regional history museum in Khujand, the second-largest city in Tajikistan and the capital of the…

Mausoleum of "Mukhammad Bashoro"

The Mausoleum of Mukhammad Bashoro (Tajik: Мақбараи Муҳаммади Башоро, romanized: Maqbarai Muhammadi Bashoro) is situated on the bank of mountain river near the settlement of…

Mausoleum of Amir Khamza Khasti Podshoh

The Mausoleum of Amir Khamza Khasti Podshoh (Tajik: Мақбараи Ҳазрати Шоҳ, romanized: Maqbarai Hazrati Shoh) is located in the Sughd province of northern Tajikistan.

Kal'ai Mug

Kal'ai Mug is an archaeological site and ruins of a fortress on Mount Mug or Mugh, the Mountain of Magicians or the Magus Mount, beside the Zeravshan River in Tajikistan. It is…

Marğuzor

Margar (Margaruzor) — a lake in Panjakent District of Sughd Province, Republic of Tajikistan. It is located in the northern foothills of the Hisor range, in the upper part of the…

Rudaki Republican Museum of Regional History, Panjakent

The Rudaki Republican Museum of Regional History (Tajik: Осорхонаи ҷумҳуриявии таърихӣ-кишваршиносии ба номи Рӯдакӣ, Russian: Республиканский историко-краеведческий музей имени…

Mausoleum of Abu Abdullah Rudaki

The Mausoleum of Abu Abdullah Rudaki — the tomb of the chief figure of classical Tajik-Persian literature Abu Abdullah Rudaki (858‑941) is located 60 km in the eastern part of…

Seven Lakes

The Seven Lakes (Tajik: Ҳафткӯл, Haftkɵl, meaning "seven lakes"), also known as the Marguzor Lakes (Tajik: Марғузор, Marghuzor), are a group of seven mountain lakes located in…

Kulikalon Lakes

The Kulikalon Lakes, also spelt Kul-i Kalon, are a group of three glacial lakes, or tarns, in the Zeravshan Mountains of south-western Sughd Province in western Tajikistan. The…

Bobojon Ghafurov Museum

The National Museum of Academician Bobojon Ghafurov is located in the city of Ghafurov, Sughd region. The museum is dedicated to the life and activity of the outstanding state…

Khujand Fortress

Khujand Fortress – a manufacturing, stone memorial, historical and cultural site in the center of the city of Khujand, on the left bank of the Syr Darya. Area 6.3 ha (200×320 m).…

Sheikh Muslihiddin Mosque and Mausoleum

Sheikh Muslihiddin Mosque and Mausoleum (Tajik: Масҷиди Шайх Муслиҳиддин) is a grand memorial complex located in the city of Khujand, Tajikistan, built on the resting place for…

Kulikalon

The Great Lake is a lake located in the northern slopes of the Zarafshon mountain range in the Panjakenti district of the Soğdi Province of the Republic of Tajikistan.

Hazorchashma Lake

Hazorchashma — the name of a lake in Panjakent district of Sughd region of the Republic of Tajikistan, located in the northern foothills of the Hisor range, in the upper part of…

Alo

Alo is a lake in Tajikistan, part of the Zarfshan range, at the foot of the village Zindon (tributary of the Kishthut River, basin of the Zarfshan River). Its area is 0.32 km².…

Yaghnob National Nature Park

Yaghnob National Nature Park was formally created by the government of Tajikistan on May 2, 2019, covering roughly 57,000 hectares of the Yaghnob Valley in the Ayni district of…

Ancient Panjakent

The ancient town of Panjakent – located in the south‑west part of the city of Panjakent, 1.5 km away.

Iskandarkul Sanctuary

Lake Iskanderkul lies at 2,195 metres on the northern slopes of the Gissar range within Tajikistan's Fann Mountains, part of the Sughd region. It formed when a landslide dammed…

Zaravshon Sanctuary

The Zeravshan sanctuary is a roughly 1,600-hectare protected zakaznik in Tajikistan's Sughd region, lying along the border with Uzbekistan in the Zeravshan valley. It was set…