Panji Poyon Explained

Official Name:Panji Poyon
Other Name:Nizhniy Pyandzh
Native Name:Панҷи Поён
Settlement Type:outpost
Pushpin Map:Tajikistan
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Tajikistan
Subdivision Type:Country
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:37.1953°N 68.5786°W
Elevation Footnotes:http://www.indexmundi.com/zp/ti/1580.htm
Elevation M:332

Panji Poyon (Tajik: Панҷи Поён), also known since the times of the Soviet Union[1] as Nizhny Panj (from Russian: Нижний Пяндж, Nizhniy Pyandzh) is a border checkpoint on the Tajik side of the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border. Both Tajik and Russian names mean literally "Lower Panj". It is the place of an Afghanistan-Tajikistan Bridge across the Panj River. At the opposite side of the river lies the Sherkhan Bandar of Kunduz Province, Afghanistan.

It is the last point on the European route E123.

The outpost witnesses the increase of drug traffic. Within the framework of international cooperation, in 2008 the new customs facility was built with the help of the United States at the outpost.[1]

Panji Poyon has recorded the highest temperature ever recorded in Tajikistan: 48C.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL0422949 "Remote Tajik outpost on front line of drugs war"
  2. Web site: Tajikistan Climate and Weather - Average Temperatures and Precipitation. www.advantour.com.