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Landmark 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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  • 1. 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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  • 3. Statue of Ismoil Somoni Dushanbe
    This article is a list of known monuments dedicated to Vladimir Lenin. Important regions and capital cities of countries are highlighted in bold.
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  • 4. Ismaili Centre Dushanbe
    The Ismaili Centre, Dushanbe is one of six such centres world-wide and is an Ismaili jamatkhana. It was the fifth purpose-built Ismaili Centre, and the first in Central Asia.
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  • 5. National Library Dushanbe
    Tajik National University is the first and largest prestigious university in Tajikistan with a total of 23 thousand students trained per year on 17 to 56 special faculty . TNU was formed in 21 March 1947 and the head office of the university is located in the capital city of Tajikistan, Dushanbe Rudaki Avenue near Vatan cinema. Tajik National University prepares a very extensive human resources for sectors of the economy of Tajikistan, from journalists to ordinary finance professionals and managers. In TNU studied such famous leaders of the country and as the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and former chairman of the National Bank of Tajikistan Murodali Alimardon. University at itself in the submission as a publishing, research library, botanical garden, hostel, military chair and h...
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  • 7. Palace of the Nation Dushanbe
    Palace of Nations also known as the White House is the official residence of the President of Tajikistan, The president receives foreign dignitaries at the palace and often holds events at the Presidential palace. It was built in 2002. In the middle of the dome is the Dushanbe Flagpole which is the second largest flagpole on earth. The flagpole is 50 meters above the ground level.
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  • 8. Anzob Tunnel (Tunnel of Death) Dushanbe
    The Anzob Tunnel, Istiqlol tunnel or Ushtur Tunnel is a 5,040 m long tunnel located 80 km northwest of Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe. The tunnel is part of the M34 highway and connects the Tajik capital to the country's second largest city, Khujand. The tunnel was open in 2006 despite being only partially finished and it quickly gained the a reputation as being one of the world's most dangerous tunnels. In 2014 Iran's government signed an agreement to finish the tunnel and the tunnel was reopened in late 2015. The tunnel saves drivers at least 4 hours when traveling between Dushanbe and Khujand and allows travelers to avoid having to pass through Uzbekistan.
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