Dushanbe | |
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![]() View o Presidential Palace | |
Coordinates: 38°32′12″N 68°46′48″E / 38.53667°N 68.78000°ECoordinates: 38°32′12″N 68°46′48″E / 38.53667°N 68.78000°E | |
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Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Rustam Emomali |
Area | |
• City | 124.6 km2 (48.1 sq mi) |
Elevation | 706 m (2,316 ft) |
Population (2014)[1] | |
• City | 778,500 |
• Density | 6,200/km2 (16,000/sq mi) |
• Metro | 1 051 200 |
Time zone | UTC+5 (Tajikistan Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (Tajikistan Time) |
Website | www |
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.