| Sangtuda | |
| Settlement Type: | Village and Jamoat |
| Pushpin Map: | Tajikistan |
| Coordinates: | 38.0333°N 74°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Tajikistan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Khatlon |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Danghara District |
| Population As Of: | 2015 |
| Population Total: | 12,686 |
| Timezone: | TJT |
| Utc Offset: | +5 |
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Sangtuda (Russian: Сангтуда; Tajik: Сангтӯда, Persian: سنگتوده) is a village and jamoat in Tajikistan. It is located in Danghara District in Khatlon Region. The jamoat has a total population of 12,686 (2015).[1]
Located on the East bank of the Wakhsh River, a major tributary of the Amu Darya (or Oxus River), the place was known as Wakhsh in the Medieval period.
Sangtuda was the birthplace of the Persian poet Jalal al-Din Rumi,[2] whose father, Muhammad ibn Husayn Khatibi, better known as Baha al-Din Walad, lived and worked in the town, then known as Wakhsh, as a jurist and preacher until 1212, when Rumi was around five and the family moved to Samarkand.[3]
The town of Sangtuda is identified as the medieval town of Wakhsh or Lêwkand by Franklin Lewis.[3]