Sogdia

Summary

Sogdia is a region^[1]. Sogdia ranks in the top 5% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,319 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sogdia is identified as part of the Sogdo ethnic group^[3].
• Sogdia's instance of is recorded as region^[4].
• Sogdia's capital is recorded as Samarkand^[5].
• Sogdia is part of Western Regions^[6].
• Sogdia's Commons category is recorded as Sogdia^[7].
• Sogdia's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.4, 'lon': 69.4}^[8].
• Sogdia's significant event is recorded as Siege of the Sogdian Rock^[9].
• Sogdia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sogdia^[10].
• Sogdia's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[11].
• Sogdia's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[12].
• Sogdia's described by source is recorded as Book of Zhou^[13].
• Sogdia's described by source is recorded as History of Northern Dynasties^[14].
• Sogdia's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[15].
• Sogdia's different from is recorded as Sogdiana^[16].
• Sogdia's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[17].

Body

Geography

Sogdia is part of Western Regions^[6].

Designation and Status

Sogdia's instance of is recorded as region^[4].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Sogdia include sogdianite^[18], a mineral species^[19]; Sogdian^[20], an abjad^[21], founded in 0100^[22]; and Sughd Province^[23], a region of Tajikistan^[24], in Tajikistan^[25], founded in 1970^[26].

Why It Matters

Sogdia ranks in the top 5% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,319 views/month).^[2] Sogdia has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] Sogdia is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]

Entities named for Sogdia include sogdianite^[18], a mineral species^[19]; Sogdian^[20], an abjad^[21], founded in 0100^[22]; and Sughd Province^[23], a region of Tajikistan^[24], in Tajikistan^[25], founded in 1970^[26].