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Hojambaz
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Hojambaz or Hodzhambas is a city and capital of Hojambaz District in Lebap Province, Turkmenistan.

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Place details

Locality
Hojambaz
Region
Lebap welaýaty
Country
Türkmenistan
Population
13,485
Timezone
Asia/Ashgabat

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Hojambaz
Settlement.other_name
Хоҗамбаз
Settlement.image_skyline
File:Hojambaz-Turkmenistan-city-monument.jpg
Settlement.imagesize
250px
Settlement.image_caption
Hojambaz city monument
Settlement.pushpin_map
Turkmenistan
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Turkmenistan
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name
25px Turkmenistan
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Lebap Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Hojambaz District
Settlement.population_as_of
2010
Settlement.population_total
21,465
Settlement.postal_code
745190

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Encyclopedic overview

3 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Economy
  • References

Hojambaz or Hodzhambas is a city and capital of Hojambaz District in Lebap Province, Turkmenistan.

==Etymology== The name of the city is derived from Persian word "Khâjeh-Jangbâz" ("خواجه‌جنگباز"), consisting of two parts, "Khâjeh" ("خواجه") being a commonly used honorific title, and "Jangbâz" ("جنگباز"), meaning "warrior". The name was adopted into Turkmen as "Hoja-Jeňbaz". The name then underwent phonetic modifications, such as a change in vowel in order to adhere to Vowel harmony rules of Turkmen, becoming "Hoja-Jaňbaz", and reduction of the two subsequent "ja" syllables into one, thus becoming "Hojaňbaz", ultimately evolving to its modern form "Hojambaz".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hojambaz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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