Tajikistan Panjakent-(Penjikent) Part 2

Welcome to my travelchannel. ☛☛☞☛    / nurettinodunya   On my channel you can find more than 1000 films of almost 80 countries. See the playlist on my youtube channel.Enjoy! Panjakent-Tajikistan: Panjakent also or Penjikent, is a city in the Sughd province of Tajikistan on the Zeravshan River, with a population of 33,000 (2000 census). 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. Ancient Panjekent was a small but flourishing town of the Soghdians in pre-Islamic Central Asia. It was known as Panchekanth.It means five towns (villages) in Sanskrit. The ethnic and territorial name "Soghd/Soghdian" or Sughd/Sughdian was mentioned in history as early as the Iranian Achaemenid Dynasty (6th century BC). The Achaemenids founded several city-states, as well as cities along the ancient Silk road and in the Zarafshan valley. Climate The Köppen Climate Classification sub-type for Panjakent is "Cfb" or a Warm Summer Subtropical Climate. The average annual temperature is 10.7°C (51.3°F). The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 22.8°C (73°F) and the coolest month is January with an average temperature of −1.6°C (29.1°F). The average annual precipitation is 468.5mm (18.4") and has an average of 87.9 days with precipitation. The wettest month is April with an average of 94mm (3.7") of precipitation and the driest month is August with an average of 2.6mm (0.1") of precipitation.