Ghafurov

For the district, see Ghafurov district. For the historian, see Bobojon Ghafurov.

Ghafurov (also Gafurov, Tajik: Ғафуров, romanized: Ğafurov/Ƣafurov; Russian: Гафуров, romanized: Gafurov) is a town in Ghafurov district, Sughd Region, Tajikistan. It has a population of 20,600 (2020 estimate),^[1] up from 18,900 in the 1989 census.^[2] 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,^[3] commemorating his term of office as the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Tajikistan from 1946 to 1956.

Ghafurov Russian: Гафуров Tajik: Ғафуров
Ghafurov Location in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 40°13′12″N 69°43′48″E
Country	Tajikistan
Region	Sughd Region
District	Ghafurov District
Population  (2020)
• Total	20,600

Ghafurov is the administrative center of Ghafurov district. The city lies a few kilometers southeast of the regional capital of Khujand near the border with Kyrgyzstan. A chief product of the city is vegetable and fruit preserves.^[4] There is also a cotton industry. The nearest train station is Khujand (formerly Leninabad).^[5]