Istaravshan
Sign in to saveIstaravshan (; ) is a city in Sughd Province in Tajikistan. In 2000, the Tajik government changed the name of the city from Uroteppa (; Ura-Tyube, ).
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Place details
- Locality
- Истаравшан
- Region
- Вилояти Суғд
- Country
- Тоҷикистон
- Population
- 273,500
- Timezone
- Asia/Dushanbe
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Istaravshan
- Settlement.image_caption
- From the top to bottom-right, View over the City, Old Town, Mug Teppe Fort, Statue of Rudaki, Kuk-Gumbaz Mosque
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Tajikistan
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Tajikistan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Sughd Region
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020
- Settlement.population_total
- 273,500
- Settlement.population_urban
- 65,600
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Ура-Тюбе
- Country
- Tajikistan
- Located in
- Sughd Province
- Population
- +64300
- Area
- +900
- Elevation
- +992
- Time zone
- UTC+05:00
- Image
- Bunjikath, Tajikistan (494459).jpg
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Istaravshan (; ) is a city in Sughd Province in Tajikistan. In 2000, the Tajik government changed the name of the city from Uroteppa (; Ura-Tyube, ).
The city lies in the northern foothills of the Turkistan mountain range, 78 kilometers southwest of Khujand, on the main road connecting Tajikistan's two largest cities, Khujand and Dushanbe. Bordered by Uzbekistan in the north and west, and Kyrgyzstan in the east, Istaravshan's administrative area encompasses 1,830 square kilometers and a population of 273,500 people. Most of them (76%) live in the outlying countryside.