Tursunzoda

Republican Subordination, Tajikistan · Asia

About Tursunzoda

Tursunzoda is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Shahrinav, 27km from Hisor Fortress.

Tursunzoda is in Republican Subordination, Tajikistan, with about 37,000 people. The nearest town is Shahrinav, about 11 km away.

Tursunzoda (Tajik: Турсунзода; also Tursunzade from Russian: Турсунзаде) is a city in western Tajikistan, known for its aluminium smelting plant TadAZ. It is located 60 km west of Dushanbe (40 km west of Hisor), near the border with Uzbekistan. It is near several rivers, Shirkent and Karatag immediately to the west

and east of the city, and Kofarnihon further east. Its population is estimated at 55,700 for the city proper and 298,800 for the city with the outlying communities (2020). Its population was given as 40,600 in the 1989 census, falling to 39,000 in 2000, and estimated at 37,000 in 2006. The city has two television stations, TV-REGAR and TV-TADAZ, two newspapers, Aluminiy Tojikiston and Regar, and a radio station. Tursunzoda is home to football club Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda.

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Within an hour or so of Tursunzoda: Hisor Fortress (27 km).

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Tursunzoda is in Republican Subordination, Tajikistan, about 11 km from Shahrinav.

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Quick Information

Population: 37,000
Continent: Asia
Country: Tajikistan
Region: Republican Subordination
Timezone: Asia/Dushanbe
Coordinates: 38.5127, 68.2316

Worth the detour from Tursunzoda

1 notable place within an hour's drive.

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Hisor Fortress

A reconstructed arched gateway and 16th-century madrasas on a hill west of Dushanbe, once the seat of the Bukharan emir's governor. The easiest historic detour from the capital.

27 km · about 30 min drive

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75 kmAnzob Tunnel (Istiqlol Tunnel)A 5 km tunnel under the 3,372 m Anzob Pass linking Dushanbe with northern Tajikistan; once dubbed the 'Tunnel of Death', it has been rebuilt into a key Silk Road shortcut.