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Dushanbe

Administration
Full nameDushanbe
Official nameDushanbe
CountryTajikistan
Government
MayorMahmadsaid Ubaydulloyev
Geography
Total Area48.1 sq mi (124.6 km2)
Elevation2316.3 ft (706 m)
Demography
Total Population679400 (2008)
Other information
Time zoneGMT (UTC+5)
- Summer (DST)GMT (UTC+5)

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Dushanbe (, Dushanbe; Dyushambe until 1929, Stalinabad until 1961), population 679,400 people (2008 est.), is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. Dushanbe means "Monday" in Tajik, and the name reflects the fact that the city grew on the site of a village that originally was a popular Monday marketplace.

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Roadside bomb in DI Khan kills 1, injures 8 - Central Asia Online Tweet this news
Central Asia Online--The brigade, housed about 11km outside -Dushanbe-, hosted the Tajik military's boxing and arm wrestling competition June 19. [Nazim Kalandarov] By Adnan Adil ... - Date : Sat, 19 Jun 2010 21:05:57 GMT+00:00
Tethys Provides Assistance to Tajik Population - MarketWatch (press release) Tweet this news
MarketWatch (press release)---DUSHANBE-, TAJIKISTAN, Jun 18, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Tethys Petroleum Limited ("Tethys" or the "Company") (THE:CA:TPL) today announced that ... - Date : Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:31:34 GMT+00:00
Dushanbe Rejects Reports Tajiks Involved In Kyrgyz Unrest - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Tweet this news
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty---DUSHANBE- -- The Tajik Foreign Ministry is rejecting allegations that people from Tajikistan have been involved in the ethnic unrest in Kyrgyzstan, ... - Date : Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:42:30 GMT+00:00
Tajiks offer help to Kyrgyz refugees - UPI.com Tweet this news
UPI.com---DUSHANBE-, Tajikistan, June 18 (UPI) -- The Tajik government will keep its border with Kyrgyzstan open for refugees fleeing ethnic violence in the south of ... - Date : Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:33:58 GMT+00:00
Tajik drug ring broken - Central Asia Online Tweet this news
Central Asia Online---DUSHANBE- - Tajik authorities broke up a drug ring transporting Afghan heroin to Russia, CA-NEWS reported June 14, citing the Tajik Drug ... - Date : Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:54:31 GMT+00:00
Pres. Ahmadinejad arrives in Dushanbe - Press TV Tweet this news
Press TV--Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has arrived in Tajikistan capital, -Dushanbe- at the head of a high-ranking delegation to attend the World Water Summit. ... - Date : Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:42:34 GMT+00:00
Ahmadinejad Returns to Iran from China - Fars News Agency Tweet this news
Fars News Agency--Ahmadinejad then travelled to -Dushanbe-, Tajikistan, to participate in the World Water Conference in that country. From there, he flew to China to attend ... - Date : Sat, 12 Jun 2010 10:38:51 GMT+00:00
International Conference Carries Out Mid-Term Review of International Water Decade - CLIMATE-L.ORG Tweet this news
CLIMATE-L.ORG--The outcome of the High Level Conference consists of a number of conclusions and recommendations contained in the -Dushanbe- Declaration on Water, ... - Date : Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:40:35 GMT+00:00
Iran, Tajik presidents discuss regional security in Dushanbe - Tehran Times Tweet this news
Tehran Times--Ahmadinejad visited -Dushanbe- on Wednesday to attend a UN-sponsored international conference on water security. The Iranian president insisted on the ... - Date : Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:05:54 GMT+00:00
These resolutions of no value for Iranian nation: Ahmadinejad - TwoCircles.net Tweet this news
TwoCircles.net---Dushanbe-, June 10, IRNA - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Wednesday these resolutions are of no value for the Iranian nation. ... - Date : Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:28:15 GMT+00:00

Population of Dushanbe
Year Population
1926 6,000
1936 83,000
1956 227,000
1971 388,000
1991 582,000
2002 579,000
2006 661,000



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