Tajikistan (TJ) Dushanbe and Regions of Republican Subordination

Image: The 300 meter high Nurek Dam (constructed 1980) on the Vakhsh River, the highest dam in the world, has a generating capacity of 3,000 megawatts. The Vakhsh is fed by glaciers in the vicinity of Ismoil Somoni Peak, the former Pik Kommunisma, which at 7 495 meters above sea level was the highest mountain in the Soviet Union. The electricity generated by dams on the Vakhsh is the main electricity source in Tajikistan, and much is used in aluminum manufacturing at Tursunzoda. The unfinished Roghun Dam, upriver from the Nurek Dam near Obigarm, was proposed to be 335 meters at completion.

Summary

Dushanbe is a major city with a population of 600 000. The major towns of Hisor (40 000), Tursunzoda (40 000), Vahdat (40 000), Somoniyon (22 000), and Nurek (20 000) are also in the area.

Detailed Analysis

Dushanbe (Душанбе) and the surrounding Regions of Republican Subordination (Ноҳияҳои тобеи ҷумҳурӣ Nohiyahoi Tobei Jumhuriy) have areas of 300 km² and 28 400 km² and populations of 562 000 and 1 338 000 (2000 Census).

Dushanbe is divided into four districts called Frunzenskiy (R, population 226 000), Oktyabr'skiy (R, population 100 000), Tsentral'nyy (R, population 131 000), and Zheleznodoroznyy (R, population 105 000). The RRS is divided into 13 districts and 3 cities, which roughly from west to east are Tursunzoda (151 000 plus 39 000 in city), Shahrinaw (80 000), Hisor (196 000), Rödakiy (268 000), Varzob (51 000), Vakhdat (185 000 plus 44 000 in city), Faizobod (68 000), Roghun (20 000 plus 8 000 in city), Nurobod (54 000), Rasht (80 000), Tavildara (13 000), Tojikobod (31 000), and Jirgatol (50 000). No boundary or area information for these regions or for the city of Dushanbe was available. Below, the places listed are arranged by increasing longitude in order to hopefully put urban areas close to their respective district centers.

Pakhtaobod (Пахтаобод) in Tursunzoda district has an area of 2.9 km² and an estimated population of 7 000.
Toshabad (R Тошабад) has an area of 2.9 km² and an estimated population of 8 000.
Tajik Aluminum Company has an area of 2.4 km² and an estimated population of zero.
Tursunzoda (Турсунзода, 39 000), a city surrounded by Tursunzoda district, has an area of 6.1 km² and an estimated population of 40 000.
Frunze (R Фрунзе) has an area of 1.3 km² and an estimated population of 2 500.
Askari-Surkh (R Аскари-Сурх) has an area of 2.0 km² and an estimated population of 6 000.
Chinor (R Чинор) has an area of 1.4 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Cheptura (R Чептура) has an area of 1.4 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Shahrinau (Шаҳринав, 5 000) in Shahrinau district has an area of 3.4 km² and an estimated population of 10 000.
Oktyabr'skiy (R Октбряский, 5 154 in 1989 census) has an area of 2.8 km² and an estimated population of 10 000.
Chuzi (Чузи) has an area of 1.9 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Bol'shevik (R Большевик) has an area of 1.0 km² and an estimated population of 2 000.
Tuda (R Туда) has an area of 2.4 km² and an estimated population of 6 000.
Chepturai-Bolo (R Чептураи-Боло) has an area of 1.1 km² and an estimated population of 2 000.
Hisor (Ҳисор) in Hisor district has an area of 7.9 km² and an estimated population of 40 000.
Khisor (R Хисор) has an area of 1.8 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Shurobi (R Шуроби) has an area of 2.3 km² and an estimated population of 5 000.
Karapichok (R Карапичок) has an area of 1.7 km² and an estimated population of 5 000.
Kampirkala (R Кампиркала) has an area of 1.4 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Dzhuybodom (R Джуйбодом) has an area of 1.7 km² and an estimated population of 5 000.
Makhmadnoy-Bolo (R Махмадной-Боло) has an area of 1.1 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Dar'yaabad (R Дарьяабад) has an area of 1.1 km² and an estimated population of 2 000.
Chimtepa (R Чимтепа) has an area of 1.3 km² and an estimated population of 2 500.
Muguloni-Poen (R Мугулони-Поен) has an area of 1.1 km² and an estimated population of 2 500.
Gal'butta (R Гальбутта) has an area of 1.2 km² and an estimated population of 2 500.
Somoniyon (Сомониён, 22 000), the capital of Rödakiy district (Рӯдакӣ), has an area of 5.6 km² and an estimated population of 22 000.
Surkh (R Сурх) has an area of 1.7 km² and an estimated population of 3 500.
Dushanbe (Душанбе) has an area of 80 km² and an estimated population of 600 000. Navabadskiy (Навабадский, 5 949 in 1989 census) in Rödakiy district is a suburb of Dushanbe.
Boshkengash (R Бошкенгаш) has an area of 2.9 km² and an estimated population of 6 000.
Mikoyan (R Микоян) has an area of 1.4 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Rohati (R Роҳати) in Rödakiy district has an area of 2.0 km² and an estimated population of 6 000.
Torbulok (R Торбулок) has an area of 1.4 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Vakhdat (R Ваҳдат, 44 000), a city surrounded by Vakhdat district, has an area of 8.1 km² and an estimated population of 40 000.
Gumbuloq (Гумбулоқ) in Faizobod district has an area of 1.2 km² and an estimated population of 3 500.
Faizobod (Файзобод, 5 635 in 1989 census) in Faizobod district has an area of 1.6 km² and an estimated population of 6 000.
Kibli (R Кибли) has an area of 1.6 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Nurek (R Нурек, 19 000) has an area of 5.9 km² and an estimated population of 25 000.
Sarichinor (R Саричинор) has an area of 1.4 km² and an estimated population of 3 500.
Boboivalya (R Бобоиваля) has an area of 1.2 km² and an estimated population of 2 500.
Gul'khari (R Гульхари) has an area of 1.6 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Pionerabad (R Пионерабад) has an area of 1.6 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Kul'abad (R Кульабад) has an area of 2.2 km² and an estimated population of 4 500.
Kalainav (R Калаинав) has an area of 1.0 km² and an estimated population of 2 000.
Obigarm (R Обигарм, 7 995 in 1989 census) has an area of 1.7 km² and an estimated population of 3 500.
Kabution (R Кабутиён) has an area of 1.3 km² and an estimated population of 2 500.
Navabad (R Навабад, 4 236 in 1989 census) has an area of 1.3 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Shulonak (R Шулонак) has an area of 1.0 km² and an estimated population of 2 000.
Kadara (R Кадара) has an area of 1.8 km² and an estimated population of 3 500.
Kaznok (R Казнок) has an area of 2.0 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Shul' (R Шуль) has an area of 1.8 km² and an estimated population of 3 500.
Gharm (Ғарм, 10 000), the capital of Gharm district, has an area of 3.3 km² and an estimated population of 10 000.
Navdy (R Навды) has an area of 2.3 km² and an estimated population of 5 000.
Yaldamich (R Ялдамич) has an area of 1.7 km² and an estimated population of 3 500.
Shomirzovan (R Шомирзован) has an area of 1.0 km² and an estimated population of 2 000.
Dekhikalon (R Дехикалон) has an area of 1.3 km² and an estimated population of 2 500.
Tojikobod (Тоҷикобод), the capital of Tojikobod district, has an area of 1.0 km² and an estimated population of 2 000.
Pildon (Пилдон) in Tojikobod district has an area of 1.1 km² and an estimated population of 2 500.
Jirgatol (Ҷиргатол, 5 286 in 1989 census), the capital of Jirgatol district, has an area of 3.0 km² and an estimated population of 11 000.
Kashkaterak (R Кашкатерак) has an area of 1.9 km² and an estimated population of 6 000.
Karakendzhe (R Каракендже) has an area of 2.5 km² and an estimated population of 5 000.
Dzhayilgan (R Джайилган) has an area of 1.0 km² and an estimated population of 2 000.