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The Best Attractions In Dushanbe

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Dushanbe is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. Dushanbe means Monday in the Tajik language. It was named this way because it grew from a village that originally had a popular market on Mondays. As of 2016, Dushanbe had a population of 802,700. Historically a small village, Dushanbe was made the capital of the Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in 1924. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe , and from 1929 to 1961 as Stalinabad which was named after Joseph Stalin.
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The Best Attractions In Dushanbe

  • 1. National Museum of Tajikistan Dushanbe
    The Tajikistan National Museum is a museum in Dushanbe, the capital city of Tajikistan.
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  • 2. Rudaki Park Dushanbe
    Abū 'Abd Allāh Ja'far ibn Muḥammad al-Rūdhakī , better known as Rudaki رودکی), and also known as Adam of Poets , was a Persian poet regarded as the first great literary genius of the Modern Persian language. Rudaki composed poems in the‌ modern Persian alphabet and is considered a founder of classical Persian literature. His poetry contains many of the oldest genres of Persian poetry including the quatrain, however, only a small percentage of his extensive poetry has survived.
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  • 3. Flagpole with the Flag of Tajikistan Dushanbe
    The Dushanbe Flagpole is a flagpole located in front of the Palace of Nations in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. At 165 metres , it was the world's tallest free-standing flagpole in the world from its completion in 2011 until the 2014 erection of the Jeddah Flagpole. The flagpole flies a 30 m × 60 m Flag of Tajikistan weighing 700 kilograms .It is taller than the 162 m National Flagpole in Azerbaijan, the 160 m Panmunjeom Flagpole of Kijŏng-dong in North Korea, and the 133 m Ashgabat Flagpole in Turkmenistan.
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  • 4. Victory Park Dushanbe
    Victory Park is a park in honor of the Great Patriotic War located in the mountainous part of Dushanbe in Tajikistan. The park was completed in 1985.
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  • 6. Varzob Dushanbe
    BDA Dushanbe is a football club based in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Formed in 1996 as Varzob Dushanbe, the club changed to their current name in 2001.
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  • 8. Fann Mountains Dushanbe
    Fann Mountains are part of the western Pamir-Alay mountain system and are primarily located in Tajikistan's Sughd Province between the Zarafshan Range to the north and the Gissar Range to the south. In the east-west direction they extend from Fandarya River to Archimaydan River, and the cluster of Marguzor lakes west of Archimaydan is also included in the Fanns.
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  • 9. Yagnob Valley Dushanbe
    The Yaghnob Valley is a valley in north-west Tajikistan, between the southern slope of the Zarafshan Range and the northern slope of the Gissar Range. The valley is formed by the Yaghnob River and belongs to the Zarafshan basin. It lies between 2,500 and 3,000 metres above sea level and is virtually inaccessible for six months of the year. The valley is home to the Yaghnobi people, a people directly descended from the ancient Sogdian civilization of Central Asia. Due to its natural isolation and limited infrastructure access, the people of Yaghnob Valley have been able to preserve their distinct lifestyle, culture and language, Yaghnobi, which is closely related to ancient Sogdian. Pre-Islamic beliefs and customs are still found in the valley today. Currently, the valley comprises approxim...
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  • 13. Pamir Highway Dushanbe
    The Pamir Mountains are a mountain range in Central Asia, at the junction of the Himalayas with the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, Hindu Kush, Suleman and Hindu Raj ranges. They are among the world’s highest mountains. The Pamir Mountains lie mostly in the Gorno-Badakhshan province of Tajikistan. To the north, they join the Tian Shan mountains along the Alay Valley of Kyrgyzstan. To the south, they border the Hindu Kush mountains along Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor. To the east, they extend to the range that includes China's Kongur Tagh, in the Eastern Pamirs, separated by the Yarkand valley from the Kunlun Mountains.
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