Qurghonteppa

In 2019, the city's population was estimated at 110,800, making it the third-largest city in the country.

During the civil war in Tajikistan, Bokhtar (then Qurghonteppa) became the epicenter of conflict by the summer of 1992.

The city was officially renamed from Qurghonteppa to Bokhtar on 22 January 2018.

Near Bokhtar are the ruins of a Buddhist monastery complex called Ajina Tepe, believed to be built in the 7th or 8th centuries CE.

Finnish electronic duo Pan Sonic have a track entitled 'Radio Qurghonteppa' on their 2010 farewell album Gravitoni.