List of cities in Tajikistan - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of cities
City
A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...

in Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....

.

The largest metropolitan area

Metropolitan area

The term metropolitan area refers to a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories, sharing industry, infrastructure, and housing. A metropolitan area usually encompasses multiple jurisdictions and municipalities: neighborhoods, townships,...

in Tajikistan is that of the capital Dushanbe

Dushanbe

-Economy:Coal, lead, and arsenic are mined nearby in the cities of Nurek and Kulob allowing for the industrialization of Dushanbe. The Nurek Dam, the world's highest as of 2008, generates 95% of Tajikistan's electricity, and another dam, the Roghun Dam, is planned on the Vakhsh River...

, with 843,252. Thirteen percent of the population of the country lives in the region of the capital.

Cities of more than 10,000 people, listed by population

The following table includes all cities larger than 10,000 people, with their names in English, and the corresponding names in Cyrillic and Perso-Arabic script

Perso-Arabic script

The Persian or Perso-Arabic alphabet is a writing system based on the Arabic script. Originally used exclusively for the Arabic language, the Arabic alphabet was adapted to the Persian language, adding four letters: , , , and . Many languages which use the Perso-Arabic script add other letters...

. Because of transliteration difficulties, some are known by more than one spelling. The population is from the census

Census

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es of 12 January 1989 and 20 January 2000, as well as an estimate for 1 January 2006. The population figures are for the city proper, and do not include adjacent communities. In addition, the administrative division in which the city lies is named, usually a province, or an autonomous province in the case of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province

Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province

Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province is an autonomous, mountainous province in the east of Tajikistan. Located in the Pamir Mountains, it makes up 45% of the land area of the country but only 3% of the population....

(GBAO). There is also the capital district, and the Region of Republican Subordination

Region of Republican Subordination

Districts of Republican Subordination is a region in Tajikistan, consisting of 13 districts which are directly under central rule.-History:...

(here abbreviated RRS), which do not belong to a province, and are directly under the central government. Finally, the district

Districts of Tajikistan

The provinces of Tajikistan are divided into 58 districts . The numbering of the districts follows the map.-Sughd Province:Cities of provincial subordination: Chkalovsk, Isfara, Istaravshan, Qayraqqum, Khujand, Konibodom, Panjakent, Taboshar....

in which the city lies is given.

Cities in Tajikistan
Rank	Name			Population			Administrative division	District
	Transcription	Tajik		1989 census	2000 census	2007 estimate
	Transcription	Cyrillic	Persian	1989 census	2000 census	2007 estimate
1.	Dushanbe Dushanbe -Economy:Coal, lead, and arsenic are mined nearby in the cities of Nurek and Kulob allowing for the industrialization of Dushanbe. The Nurek Dam, the world's highest as of 2008, generates 95% of Tajikistan's electricity, and another dam, the Roghun Dam, is planned on the Vakhsh River... ¹*	Душанбе		595,820	562,000	679,400	Dushanbe Dushanbe -Economy:Coal, lead, and arsenic are mined nearby in the cities of Nurek and Kulob allowing for the industrialization of Dushanbe. The Nurek Dam, the world's highest as of 2008, generates 95% of Tajikistan's electricity, and another dam, the Roghun Dam, is planned on the Vakhsh River...	Capital district
2.	Khujand Khujand Khujand , also transliterated as Khudzhand, , formerly Khodjend or Khodzhent until 1936 and Leninabad until 1991, is the second-largest city of Tajikistan. It is situated on the Syr Darya River at the mouth of the Fergana Valley... ²**	Хуҷанд		160,458	149,000	155,900	Sughd Sughd Sughd Province is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces that make up Tajikistan. Centered in the historical Sogdiana, it is located in the northwest of the country, with an area of some 25,400 square kilometers and a population of 2,132,100 , up from 1,870,000...	Khujand City
3.	Kulob Kulob Kulob , also Kulab or Kulyab , is a city in Kulob district, Khatlon Province, Tajikistan. Located 203 km south-east of the capital Dushanbe on the Yakhsu River , it is one of the largest cities in the country Kulob , also Kulab or Kulyab , is a city in Kulob district, Khatlon Province, Tajikistan.... **	Кӯлоб		74,456	78,000	93,900	Khatlon Khatlon Khatlon Province , sometimes misspelt Khatlan, one of the three provinces of Tajikistan and is the most populous of the four first level administrative regions. It is situated in the southwest of the country, between the Hisor Range in the north and the Panj River in the south and borders on...	Kulob City
4.	Qurghonteppa Qurghonteppa Qurghonteppa or Kurganteppa is a city in southwestern Tajikistan. It is the capital of the Khatlon region and it is located 100 km from Dushanbe. It is estimated that the population of the city is close to 85,000 people, making it the third-largest city in the country. The population... **	Қӯрғонтеппа		58,505	60,000	71,000	Khatlon Khatlon Khatlon Province , sometimes misspelt Khatlan, one of the three provinces of Tajikistan and is the most populous of the four first level administrative regions. It is situated in the southwest of the country, between the Hisor Range in the north and the Panj River in the south and borders on...	Qurghonteppa City
5.	Istaravshan**	Истаравшан		45,763	51,000	60,200	Sughd Sughd Sughd Province is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces that make up Tajikistan. Centered in the historical Sogdiana, it is located in the northwest of the country, with an area of some 25,400 square kilometers and a population of 2,132,100 , up from 1,870,000...	Istaravshan City
6.	Vahdat*	Ваҳдат		45,731	44,000	49,100	RRS Region of Republican Subordination Districts of Republican Subordination is a region in Tajikistan, consisting of 13 districts which are directly under central rule.-History:...	Vahdat City
7.	Konibodom Konibodom Konibodom is a city and jamoat in the Sughd province of northern Tajikistan, in western Fergana Valley . It has a population of 47,100 .... **	Конибодом		37,841	45,000	47,100	Sughd Sughd Sughd Province is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces that make up Tajikistan. Centered in the historical Sogdiana, it is located in the northwest of the country, with an area of some 25,400 square kilometers and a population of 2,132,100 , up from 1,870,000...	Konibodom City
8.	Tursunzoda*	Турсунзoдa		40,593	39,000	44,200	RRS Region of Republican Subordination Districts of Republican Subordination is a region in Tajikistan, consisting of 13 districts which are directly under central rule.-History:...	Tursunzoda City
9.	Isfara Isfara Isfara is a city in Sughd Province in northern Tajikistan, situated on the border with Kyrgyzstan. It has a population of 40,600 . The city is capital of Isfara district.-History:... **	Исфара		34,524	37,000	40,600	Sughd Sughd Sughd Province is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces that make up Tajikistan. Centered in the historical Sogdiana, it is located in the northwest of the country, with an area of some 25,400 square kilometers and a population of 2,132,100 , up from 1,870,000...	Isfara City
10.	Panjakent Panjakent Panjakent , also spelled Panjikent, Panjekent or Penjikent, is a city in the Sughd province of Tajikistan on the Zeravshan River, with a population of 33,000 . It was once an ancient town in Sogdiana... **	Панҷакент		27,903	33,000	35,900	Sughd Sughd Sughd Province is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces that make up Tajikistan. Centered in the historical Sogdiana, it is located in the northwest of the country, with an area of some 25,400 square kilometers and a population of 2,132,100 , up from 1,870,000...	Panjakent City
11.	Khorugh**	Хоруғ		20,318	28,000	29,000	GBAO Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province is an autonomous, mountainous province in the east of Tajikistan. Located in the Pamir Mountains, it makes up 45% of the land area of the country but only 3% of the population....	Khorugh City
12.	Yovon Yovon -External links:*...	Ёвон		20,148	20,000	25,800	Khatlon Khatlon Khatlon Province , sometimes misspelt Khatlan, one of the three provinces of Tajikistan and is the most populous of the four first level administrative regions. It is situated in the southwest of the country, between the Hisor Range in the north and the Panj River in the south and borders on...	Yovon district Yovon district Yovon District or Nohiya-i Yovon is a district in Khatlon province, Tajikistan. Its capital is Yovon....
13.	Hisor Hisor Hisor is a city in western Tajikistan, about 15 km west of Dushanbe. It is the capital of Hisor District, one of the Districts of Republican Subordination. It lies at an altitude of 799-824 m, surrounded by high mountains . The Khanaka River, a tributary to the Kofarnihon River, flows through the...	Ҳисор		20,220	20,000	23,200	RRS Region of Republican Subordination Districts of Republican Subordination is a region in Tajikistan, consisting of 13 districts which are directly under central rule.-History:...	Hisor district Hisor district Hisor District or Nohiyai Hisor is a district in the Region of Republican Subordination, in Tajikistan, located west of the capital Dushanbe, between Varzob District in the east and Shahrinaw District in the west...
14.	Nurak Nurak Nurek is a city in the Khatlon province of Tajikistan. It is situated on the Vakhsh River, 885 m above sea level, and is 70 km southeast of Dushanbe, the capital... **	Нoрaк		20,752	19,000	22,800	Khatlon Khatlon Khatlon Province , sometimes misspelt Khatlan, one of the three provinces of Tajikistan and is the most populous of the four first level administrative regions. It is situated in the southwest of the country, between the Hisor Range in the north and the Panj River in the south and borders on...	Norak City
15.	Parkhar Parkhar Farkhor , also transliterated Parkhar , is a city in southwestern Tajikistan, located on the border with Afghanistan. It is the capital of Farkhor District in Khatlon Province. The Farkhor Air Base is about 4 km south-west of Farkhor.-References:...	Фархoр		17,915	20,000	22,400	Khatlon Khatlon Khatlon Province , sometimes misspelt Khatlan, one of the three provinces of Tajikistan and is the most populous of the four first level administrative regions. It is situated in the southwest of the country, between the Hisor Range in the north and the Panj River in the south and borders on...	Farkhor district Farkhor district Farkhor District or Nohiya-i Farkhor is a district in Khatlon province, Tajikistan. Its capital is Farkhor....
16.	Vose'	Восеъ		14,989	20,000	22,300	Khatlon Khatlon Khatlon Province , sometimes misspelt Khatlan, one of the three provinces of Tajikistan and is the most populous of the four first level administrative regions. It is situated in the southwest of the country, between the Hisor Range in the north and the Panj River in the south and borders on...	Vose' district Vose' district Vose' District or Nohiya-i Vose is a district in Khatlon province, Tajikistan. Its capital is Vose'.-Naming History:This district was not named after Brandi Vose....
17.	Chkalovsk Chkalovsk, Tajikistan Chkalovsk is a town in northern Tajikistan. It is located in Ghafurov district of Sughd Province, between the cities of Khujand and Ghafurov... **	Чкалов		33,731	22,000	22,200	Sughd Sughd Sughd Province is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces that make up Tajikistan. Centered in the historical Sogdiana, it is located in the northwest of the country, with an area of some 25,400 square kilometers and a population of 2,132,100 , up from 1,870,000...	Chkalovsk Hukumat
18.	Moskovskiy Moskovskiy, Tajikistan Moskovskiy or Moskva is a location in Tajikistan. It is the administrative capital of Hamadoni district in Khatlon Province, located at . Its population is 20,700 .... (Moskva)	Маскав

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Khatlon

Khatlon Province , sometimes misspelt Khatlan, one of the three provinces of Tajikistan and is the most populous of the four first level administrative regions. It is situated in the southwest of the country, between the Hisor Range in the north and the Panj River in the south and borders on...

| Hamadoni district

Hamadoni district

Hamadoni District is a district in the south-east of Khatlon Province of Tajikistan, located south of Kulob and stretching along a section of the Panj on the border with Afghanistan. Population 123,800...

Khatlon

| Danghara district

Danghara district

Danghara District or Nohiya-i Danghara is a district in Khatlon province, Tajikistan. Its capital is Danghara....

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| Somoniyon

Somoniyon

Somoniyon is a town in Tajikistan. It is the administrative capital of Rudaki district in the Region of Republican Subordination, lying 17 km south of the national capital of Dushanbe and just east of the Kofarnihon River...

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Region of Republican Subordination

Districts of Republican Subordination is a region in Tajikistan, consisting of 13 districts which are directly under central rule.-History:...

| Rudaki district

Rudaki district

Rudaki District or Nohiyai Rudaki is a district in the Region of Republican Subordination in Tajikistan. It stretches south from Dushanbe, bordering on Shahrinaw, Hisor, and Varzob districts from the north and northwest, Tajikistan's Khatlon Province from the south and the east, and Uzbekistan...

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| Ghafurov

Ghafurov

Ghafurov is a town in Ghafurov district, Sughd Province, Tajikistan. It has a population of 15,700 , down from 18,900 in the 1989 census. The town was created in 1965, and until 1978 had the name Sovetabad...

Sughd

Sughd Province is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces that make up Tajikistan. Centered in the historical Sogdiana, it is located in the northwest of the country, with an area of some 25,400 square kilometers and a population of 2,132,100 , up from 1,870,000...

| Ghafurov district

Ghafurov district

Ghafurov District or Nohiya-i Ghafurov is a district in the northern part of Sughd province, Tajikistan. Its capital is Ghafurov, a town in the south of the district...

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| Zafarobod

Zafarobod

Zafarobod is a town and jamoat in north-western Tajikistan . It is located in Sughd province. It is the capital of Zafarobod district-External links:*...

Sughd

| Zafarobod district

Zafarobod district

Zafarobod District or Nohiya-i Zafarobod is a district in Sughd province, Tajikistan. Its capital is Zafarobod.-Administrative divisions:The district is divided administratively into jamoats. They are as follows .-References:...

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| Kolkhozobod

Kolkhozobod

Kolkhozobod , also Kolkhozabad , is a location in Tajikistan. It is the administrative capital of Rumi District in the south-west of Khatlon Province....

Khatlon

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Rumi district

Rumi District, formerly Kolkhozobod District or Nohiya-i Kolkhozobod , is a district in Khatlon province, Tajikistan, located south of the provincial capital Kurgan-Tyube and Vakhsh district...

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| Nov (Nau)
| Нов
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Sughd

| Spitamen district

Spitamen district

Spitamen District is a district in north-central Sughd, Tajikistan, stretching across the province's narrow part from the border with Uzbekistan to the border with Kyrgyzstan. Population 98,600 . Formerly called Nau District or Nov District , it was renamed Spitamen district by a resolution of...

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Proletarsk, Tajikistan

Proletarsk is a town and jamoat in Tajikistan. It is the administrative capital of Rasulov district in Sughd Province, located just south of the provincial capital of Khujand and south-west of the cities of Chkalovsk and Ghafurov....

Sughd

| Rasulov district

Rasulov district

Jabbor Rasulov District or Nohiya-i Rasulov is a district in Sughd province, Tajikistan. Its capital is Proletarsk.-Administrative divisions:The district is divided administratively into jamoats. They are as follows .-References:...

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| Shaartuz

Shaartuz

Shahritus also spelled as Shaartuz is a city in southwestern Tajikistan. Situated on the River Kafirnigan, the city was founded in 1938.- Jamoats :There are 6 jamoats in Shaartuz district.#Shaartuz#Pakhtaobod#Obshoron#Sayod#Jura Nazarov...

Khatlon

| Shahrtuz district

Shahrtuz district

Shahrtuz District or Nohiya-i Shahrtuz is a district in Khatlon province, Tajikistan. Its capital is Shahrtuz....

Sughd

| Asht district

Asht district

Asht District or Nohiya-i Asht is a district in the northermost tip of Sughd Province, Tajikistan, bordering on Uzbekistan to the north, the east, and the south. Its capital is Shaydon.-Administrative divisions:...

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| Taboshar

Taboshar

Taboshar or Taboshary is a city in Tajikistan, located in the northern part of Ghafurov district in Sughd Province. Taboshar is a city of provincial subordination, administratively subordinated to the provincial capital of Khujand, not to the district capital of Ghafurov.The population of Taboshar...

Sughd

Adrasmon

Adrasmon is a town in northern Tajikistan. It is located in Asht district in the extreme north-east of Sughd Province, about 60 km north-east of Qayraqqum.-External links:**: web site...

Sughd

Sughd

Leningradskiy (Tajikistan)

Leningradskiy, or Leningrad is a location in south Tajikistan. It is the administrative capital of the Muminobod District in the eastern part of Khatlon Province, located north-east of the city of Kulob, not far from the Panj River and the international border with Afghanistan.The population of ...

Khatlon

| Muminobod district

Muminobod district

Mu'minobod District or Nohiya-i Mu'minobod is a district in Khatlon province, Tajikistan. Its capital is Leningradskiy....

Khatlon

| Vakhsh district

Vakhsh district

Vakhsh District or Nohiya-i Vakhsh is a district in Khatlon province, Tajikistan. Its capital is Vakhsh....

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| Dusti

Dusti

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Khatlon

| Qumsangir district

Qumsangir district

Qumsangir District or Nohiya-i Qumsangir is a district in Khatlon province, Tajikistan. Its capital is Qumsangir.-History:During part of the Soviet period the district was named Molotovobod District....

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Buston, Tajikistan

Buston is a town and jamoat in northern Tajikistan. It is the administrative capital of Mastchoh district in Sughd Province with population of 11,600 .Farmland, mountain ranges and steep valleys and gorges surround Buston....

Sughd

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Mastchoh district

Mastchoh district or Nohiya-i Mastchoh is a district in Sughd province, Tajikistan. It is located at the extreme north of the country, between Ghafurov district and the border with Uzbekistan. The district population is 97,600 and its administrative capital is Buston .-Administrative...

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| Sarband

Sarband, Tajikistan

Sarband , Kalininabad until February 1996, is a city in south-west Tajikistan. It is the administrative capital of Sarband district in Khatlon Province, located just east of the provincial capital Qurghonteppa and about 120 km south of the national capital Dushanbe.The population of Sarband in 2007...

Khatlon

Kuybyshevsk

Kuybyshevsk or Kuybyshev is a location in south-west Tajikistan. It is the administrative capital of Jomi district in Khatlon Province, located just north of the provincial capital Qurghonteppa and about 100 km south of the national capital Dushanbe....

Khatlon

| Jomi district

Dzhami district

Dzhami District or Jomi District is a district in Khatlon Province of Tajikistan, located north of the provincial capital Kurgan-Tyube . Population 109,200...

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Region of Republican Subordination

Districts of Republican Subordination is a region in Tajikistan, consisting of 13 districts which are directly under central rule.-History:...

| Hisor district

Hisor district

Hisor District or Nohiyai Hisor is a district in the Region of Republican Subordination, in Tajikistan, located west of the capital Dushanbe, between Varzob District in the east and Shahrinaw District in the west...

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¹: Name from 1929 to 1961: Stalinabad

²: Name from 1939 to 1992: Leninabad

Cities not subordinated administratively to the district where they are located:

*Cities of republican subordination

**Cities of provincial subordination

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