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Tursunzoda
Sign in to saveTursunzoda (; also Tursunzade from ) is a city in western Tajikistan, known for its aluminium smelting plant TadAZ. It is located 60 km west of Dushanbe (40 km west of Hisor), near the border with Uzbekistan. It is near several rivers, Shirkent and Karatag immediately to the west and east of the city, and Kofarnihon further east. Its population is estimated at 55,700 for the city proper and 298,800 for the city with the outlying communities (2020). Its population was given as 40,600 in the 1989 census, falling to 39,000 in 2000, and estimated at 37,000 in 2006.
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Tursunzoda is a city in Tajikistan that serves as the capital of Tursunzoda District. The official language is Tajik, and the city is located in the UTC+05:00 time zone. Its postal code is 735000.
The city has a population of 46,700, with an elevation of 707 meters. It is situated within the Republican Subordination administrative region.
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Place details
- Locality
- Турсунзода
- Region
- Ноҳияҳои тобеи ҷумҳурӣ
- Country
- Тоҷикистон
- Population
- 37,000
- Timezone
- Asia/Dushanbe
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Tursunzoda
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Tursunzoda GovtHouse.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Tursunzoda Government House
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Tajikistan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Tajikistan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Tajikistan
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Districts of Republican Subordination
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020
- Settlement.population_total
- 298800
- Settlement.population_urban
- 55,700
- Settlement.website
- http://regar.tj
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Турсунзода
- Country
- Tajikistan
- Located in
- Tursunzoda District
- Official language
- Tajik
- Population
- 46700
- Time zone
- UTC+05:00
- Capital of
- Tursunzoda District
- Official website
- regar.tj
- Image
- Tursunzoda GovtHouse.jpg
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- Commons category
- Tursunzoda
- native label
- Турсунзода
- postal code
- 735000
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Subdivisions
- Aluminium plant
- Notes
- References
Tursunzoda (; also Tursunzade from ) is a city in western Tajikistan, known for its aluminium smelting plant TadAZ. It is located 60 km west of Dushanbe (40 km west of Hisor), near the border with Uzbekistan. It is near several rivers, Shirkent and Karatag immediately to the west and east of the city, and Kofarnihon further east. Its population is estimated at 55,700 for the city proper and 298,800 for the city with the outlying communities (2020). Its population was given as 40,600 in the 1989 census, falling to 39,000 in 2000, and estimated at 37,000 in 2006.
The city has two television stations, TV-REGAR and TV-TADAZ, two newspapers, Aluminiy Tojikiston and Regar, and a radio station.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tursunzoda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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