Khujand
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Khujand (Tajik: Хуҷанд,خجند) (Greek: Alexandria Eschate (Ἀλεξάνδρεια Ἐσχάτη)), an aa transliteratit as Khudzhand, Roushie:Худжанд, umwhilie Khodjend or Khodzhent till 1936 an Leninabad (Leninobod, Ленинобод, لنینآباد) till 1991, is the seicont-lairgest ceety o Tajikistan. It is situatit on the Syr Darya River at the mouth o the Fergana Valley. The population o the ceety is 149,000 (2000 census), doun frae 160,000 in 1989. It is an aa the caipital of the northrenmaist province o Tajikistan, nou cawed Sughd.