Ḣisor (Tajikistan)
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Name (Latin)
Ḣisor (Tajikistan)
Other forms of name
Ḣisor Shodmon (Tajikistan)
Staryy Gissar (Tajikistan)
Staryĭ Gissar (Tajikistan)
Khisor (Tajikistan)
Gissar (Tajikistan)
Coordinates
68.53805556 68.53805556 38.52638889 38.52638889 (gooearth )
Associated country
Tajikistan
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- GEOnet on WWW, Apr. 23, 2004:(Hisor; PPL; 38°31ʹ29ʺN 68°33ʹ5ʺE; lists two places with this name, with coordinates so similar that they are probably the same place; variants: Staryy Gissar, Khisor, Gissar)
- World Index WWW home page, Apr. 23, 2004:(Hisor, Tajikistan; 38°31ʹ29ʺN 68°33ʹ5ʺE)
- Mukhtarov, A. Ḣisor, <1999>:verso t.p. (Ḣisori Shodmon)
- GEOnet on WWW, Apr. 23, 2004:(Hisor; PPL; 38⁰31ʹ29ʺN 68⁰33ʹ5ʺE; lists two places with this name, with coordinates so similar that they are probably the same place; variants: Staryy Gissar, Khisor, Gissar)
- Historical dictionary of Tajikistan, 2002:p. 87 (Hisor city (pop. 30,300) was the center of Eastern Bukhara and the seat of local chiefs from the 16th c. to the late 19th c.)
- World Index WWW home page, Apr. 23, 2004:(Hisor, Tajikistan; 38⁰31ʹ29ʺN 68⁰33ʹ5ʺE)
Wikipedia description:
Hisor (Tajik: Ҳисор) or Hisar (Russian: Гиссар, Gissar) is a city in western Tajikistan, about 15 km west of Dushanbe. The city was the seat of the former Hisar District, and is part of the Districts of Republican Subordination. It lies at an altitude of 799–824 m, surrounded by high mountains (Gissar Range to the north, Babatag and Aktau ranges to the south). The river Khanaka, a tributary to the Kofarnihon, flows through the town. Its population is estimated at 29,100 for the city proper and 308,100 for the city with the outlying communities (2020). As of 2002, its population was composed 81.6% of Tajiks, 12.3% Uzbeks, 3.6% Russians, and 2.5% others.
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