Kulob

Kulob (, Kûlob/Kūloв), an aa Kulab or Kulyab (), is a ceety in Kulob district, Khatlon Province, Tajikistan. Locatit 203 km sooth-east o the caipital Dushanbe on the Yakhsu River (a right tributary o Panj), it is ane o the lairgest ceeties in the kinntra (pop. 100,000 in 2006).

 History 
Pairt o the Khanate o Bukhara syne the 16t century (the Emirate o Bukhara syne the 18t century), the ceety changed its name frae Khatlon tae Kulob in 1750. In 1921, efter the faw o the Bukhara Emirate, Soviet rule wis established in Kulob an the ceety became an industrial center during the Soviet era.

In September 2006 Kulob celebratit its 2700t anniversary.Kulyab's 2700th anniversary. Shabnam Soraya sang a tribute tae the ceety at the celebrations.A tribute tae Kulob sung bi Shabnam Soraya on YouTube
Kay-Khotloni last keeng o the Khotlon wis on military servis o Amir Timyr during Afghanistan
companies.

 Notable fowk 
Kulob is the birthplace o the current Preses o Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, Canadian media entrepreneur Moses Znaimer, an popular Tajik singers Manija Davlatova an Shabnam Soraya.

 Sister ceeties 
  Hamedan, Iran

The main tie atween Hamedan an Kulob is bacause of MirSayyidAliHamadani a famous sufi scholar an poet, who wis born in Hamedan an is buried in Kulob.A depiction of Hamadani's tomb in Kulob on a Tajik banknote.

 Notes 

 References 
 Habib Borjian, "Kulab," in Encyclopaedia Iranica (available at http://www.iranica.com ).

Category:Populatit places in Tajikistan