Sogdia

Summary

Sogdia is a region^[1]. Sogdia ranks in the top 5% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,128 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sogdia is identified as part of the Sogdo ethnic group^[3].
• Sogdia's image is recorded as Sogdian Tribute Bearers on the Apadana Staircase 16 (Best Viewed Size "Large") (4689076272).jpg^[4].
• Sogdia's instance of is recorded as region^[5].
• Sogdia's capital is recorded as Samarkand^[6].
• Sogdia's GND ID is recorded as 4055386-3^[7].
• Sogdia's locator map image is recorded as Sogdiana-300BCE.png^[8].
• Sogdia's part of is recorded as Western Regions^[9].
• Sogdia's Commons category is recorded as Sogdia^[10].
• Sogdia's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.4, 'lon': 69.4}^[11].
• Sogdia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0n9fg^[12].
• Sogdia's significant event is recorded as Siege of the Sogdian Rock^[13].
• Sogdia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sogdia^[14].
• Sogdia's page banner is recorded as Sogdian WV Banner.JPG^[15].
• Sogdia's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0063260^[16].
• Sogdia's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[17].
• Sogdia's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[18].
• Sogdia's described by source is recorded as Book of Zhou^[19].
• Sogdia's described by source is recorded as History of Northern Dynasties^[20].
• Sogdia's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[21].
• Sogdia's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Sogdiana^[22].
• Sogdia's Pleiades ID is recorded as 60058^[23].
• Sogdia's detail map is recorded as Map of Sogdia.jpg^[24].
• Sogdia's different from is recorded as Sogdiana^[25].
• Sogdia's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 3589897^[26].
• Sogdia's Nomisma ID is recorded as sogdiana^[27].

Body

Geography

Sogdia's part of is recorded as Western Regions^[9].

Designation and Status

Sogdia's instance of is recorded as region^[5].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Sogdia include Sogdian^[28], a language^[29], in Sogdia^[30]; Sughd Province^[31], a region of Tajikistan^[32], in Tajikistan^[33], founded in 1970^[34]; and sogdianite^[35], a mineral species^[36].

Why It Matters

Sogdia ranks in the top 5% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,128 views/month).^[2] Sogdia has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Sogdia is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for Sogdia include Sogdian^[28], a language^[29], in Sogdia^[30]; Sughd Province^[31], a region of Tajikistan^[32], in Tajikistan^[33], founded in 1970^[34]; and sogdianite^[35], a mineral species^[36].