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'''Piskon''' ({{langx|tg|Пискон}}, {{langx|ru|Паскан}} ''Paskan'', Yaghnobi: Пискон, پسکان) is a village in Sughd Region, northwestern Tajikistan. It is part of the jamoat Anzob in the Ayni District. Its population was 79 people as of 2017,<ref name="ucoz">{{Cite web |title= |script-title=ru:Деҳаи Пискон |trans-title=Village of Piskon |url=https://tojkiston.ucoz.ru/index/dekha_piskon/0-5498 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241113124126/https://tojkiston.ucoz.ru/index/dekha_piskon/0-5498 |archive-date=2024-11-13 |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=tojkiston.ucoz.ru |language=ru}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=March 2025}} up from 68 in 2007.<ref name=":022">{{cite web |year=2007 |title=Brief Scientific Feasibility Study and Proposed Pre-Project Activities for Establishing the Yaghnob Natural Ethnography Park |url=http://yagnob.org/home/Yagnob-Report-Rus-2007.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222110151/http://yagnob.org/home/Yagnob-Report-Rus-2007.pdf |archive-date=2018-12-22 |access-date=2025-03-16 |publisher=Тajik Social-Ecological Union (ТСОЭС) |page=43 |language=ru}}</ref>
The village is connected by a gravel road and like most Yaghnobi villages consists of a cluster of dwelling constructed with dry stone walls and flat roofs.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}} There is some terracing in the village itself and the topography is very steep.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}
==History== There are neolithic petroglyphs near the village.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}} In the period following the Islamic conquest of their Sogdian ancestors, Piskon was a major center for Yaghnobi refugees.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}
== Geography == Piskon is situated at an altitude of {{Convert|2820|m}} above sea level.<ref name="ucoz" />{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=March 2025}} The village is located {{Convert|97|km}} from the center of the jamoat Anzob, and {{Convert|132|km}} from the center of the Ayni District.<ref name="ucoz" />{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=March 2025}}
== Demographics == {{Historical populations|1870|35|1887|36|1904|38|1927|30|1941|29|1969|40|1995|7|2007|68|2017|79|percentages=pagr|source=<ref name="ucoz" />{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=March 2025}}}}
Its population was 79 people as of 2017,<ref name="ucoz" />{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=March 2025}} up from 68 in 2007.<ref name=":022" />
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== External links ==
* [https://stories.plateauperspectives.org/yagnobproject Yagnob Project, by Plateau Perspectives]
Category:Populated places in Sughd Region Category:Yaghnob
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