Panjakent (also spelled Panjikent or Panjekent) is a city in western Tajikistan on the Zeravshan river. It was once an ancient town in Sogdiana. The Zeravshan or Zarafshan river, whilst smaller and less well-known than the two great rivers of Central Asia, the Amu Darya (or Oxus) and the Syr Darya (or Jaxartes), is if anything more valuable as a source of irrigation in the region. ... Sogdiana (Sugdiane, O. Pers. ...
On 8 June 2005, abundant rains in Panjakent district (Sughd Oblast) resulted in torrential floods.
On 11 June 2005, a coordination meeting organized by the Ministry of Emergency Situations was conducted in Panjakent district.
After the assessment, the Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan responded to immediate needs by setting up a temporary shelter and distributing 80 mattresses, 70 family tents, 300 woollen blankets, 80 sets of bed linen, 60 kitchen sets, 48 kerosene stoves, 50 shovels, 50 hoes and water purification tablets for 70 families.
A group of Turkmen farmers, supported by the USAID Water Users’ Association Assistance Program (WUAAP), celebrated the rehabilitation of an irrigation and drainage canal system in Bayramali, Mary Velayat (region) in March...
In a remote and isolated region of Tajikistan, USAID’s Peaceful Communities Initiative Project (PCI) helped end a decades-long dispute over water between two communities in Jamoat Hurmi in Panjakent District...
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