Dushanbe

Dushanbe
View o Presidential Palace
Official seal of Dushanbe
Seal
Dushanbe is located in Tajikistan
Dushanbe
Dushanbe
Location of Dushanbe in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 38°32′12″N 68°46′48″E / 38.53667°N 68.78000°E / 38.53667; 68.78000Coordinates: 38°32′12″N 68°46′48″E / 38.53667°N 68.78000°E / 38.53667; 68.78000
Kintra Tajikistan
Govrenment
 • MayorRustam Emomali
Area
 • City124.6 km2 (48.1 sq mi)
Elevation
706 m (2,316 ft)
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • City778,500
 • Density6,200/km2 (16,000/sq mi)
 • Metro
1 051 200
Time zoneUTC+5 (Tajikistan Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (Tajikistan Time)
Websitewww.dushanbe.tj
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Dushanbe (Tajik: Душанбе, Dushanbe; Dyushambe till 1929, Stalinabad till 1961), population 679,400 fowk (2008 est.), is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Tajikistan. Dushanbe means "Monday" in Tajik,[2] an the name reflects the fact that the ceety grew on the site o a veelage that oreeginally wis a popular Monday marketplace.

  1. Population o the Republic o Tajikistan as o 1 Januar, State Statistical Committee, Dushanbe, 2012 (in Roushie)
  2. D. Saimaddinov, S. D. Kholmatova, an S. Karimov, Tajik-Russian Dictionary, Academy or Sciences or the Republic or Tajikistan, Rudaki Institute of Language and Literature, Scientific Center for Persian-Tajik Culture, Dushanbe, 2006.

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