Dushanbe
capital of Tajikistan
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Dushanbe is located in the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic and is the capital of Tajikistan. Its head of government is Rustam Emomali. The city had a population of 1.2 million in 2022[1]. Dushanbe covers an area of 124.6 square kilometers and sits at an elevation of 706 meters. The local time zone is UTC+05:00.
Key Facts
- Member of: World Tourism Cities Federation[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Tajikistan[4]
- Country: Tajikistan[5], Emirate of Bukhara[6]
- Located in or next to body of water: Kofarnihon River[7], Varzob[8]
- Head of government: Rustam Emomali[9]
- Instance of: big city[10]
- Shares border with: Rudaki District[11], Varzob District[12], Districts under Central Government Jurisdiction[13]
- Named after: Monday[14]
- Twinned administrative body: Ganja[15], Lusaka[16], Sanaa[17], Monastir[18], Klagenfurt am Wörthersee[19], Lahore[20], Boulder[21], Mazar-i-Sharif[22], Reutlingen[23], Saint Petersburg[24], Shiraz[25], Minsk[26], Ürümqi[27], Tehran[28]
- Postal code: 734000[29]
- Commons category: Dushanbe[30]
- Licence plate code: 01[31], 05[32]
- Located in time zone: UTC+05:00[33]
- Local dialing code: 37[34]
- Inception: 1700[35]
- Official website: https://dushanbe.tj[36]
- Topic's main category: Category:Dushanbe[37]
- Commons gallery: Душанбе[38]
- Population: 948,251[39], 5600[40], 376,200[41], 233,500[42], 82,600[43], 493,528[44], 595,820[45], 561,895[46], 724,844[47], 778,500[48], 20,000[49], 802,200[50], 747,600[51], 709,600[52]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Dushanbe include Dushanbe International Airport[53], an international airport[54], in Tajikistan[55].
Why It Matters
Dushanbe has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Dushanbe is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]
Entities named for Dushanbe include Dushanbe International Airport[53], an international airport[54], in Tajikistan[55].