Sarband Kalininabad until February 1996, is a city in south-west 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....

. It is the administrative capital of Sarband district

Sarband district

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

 in Khatlon Province, located just east of the provincial capital 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...

 and about 120 km south of the national 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...

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The population of Sarband in 2007 was estimated to be at 12,800.

Sarband is home to Tajikistan's only fertilizer manufacturing plant, Tajik Azot.