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Dushanbe city overview
Dushanbe is a city in Tajikistan shaped by its region, population, local economy, landmarks, climate and civic history. This overview summarizes the city itself: where it sits, what defines it, which places anchor its identity and why it matters within the wider country.
City facts
Airport baseDushanbe International (DYU)
Known forDushanbe, Capital city in Tajikistan, Dushanbe planning base 3, Dushanbe planning base 4
RegionTajikistanTajikistan
Time zoneAsia/Dushanbelocal time
Founded1826historical origin
City history
By 1826, the town was called Dushanbe Qurghan (Tajik: Душанбе Қурғон, Dushanbe Qurghon, with the suffix qurƣon from Turkic qurğan, meaning "fortress").
The first hospital in the village was constructed in 1915 by Russian investment and an early railroad was proposed to connect the market town with the Russian railway system in 1909, but was abandoned.
In 1923, the Soviets created Dushanbe's first telegraph link to Bukhara, initiated its first railroad to Termez, and set up a telephone switchboard in 1924.
In 1925, the first boy's boarding school was constructed in the capital.
Construction on the railroad commenced on 24 June 1926, and it was completed in November 1929, connecting Dushanbe with the Trans-Caspian railroad and kickstarting economic growth.
On 1 September 1927, the first pedagogical college opened in Dushanbe and in November the motor road from Dushanbe to Kulob was completed.
In 1954, there were 30 schools in the city; a medical institute named after Avicenna; the Stalinabad Academy of Sciences; the University of Stalinabad, which was founded in 1947 and had 1,500 students; and.
In 1960, gas supply reached the capital through a gas pipeline opened from Kyzyl to Tumxuk to Dushanbe.
On 9 September 1991, Tajikistan's government declared independence from the Soviet Union. Capital of Tajikistan Dushanbe became the capital of an independent Tajikistan on 9 September 1991.
Dushanbe was controlled by the Popular Front-supported government during most of the 1992–1997 Tajikistani Civil War, although the Islamist and Democratic United Tajik Opposition managed to capture the capital in 1992 until 8000 Russian-backed.
Near Dushanbe International Airport, Bronze Age burials were discovered dating from the end of the second to the beginning of the first millennium BC.
The Kushans created other settlements such as Garavkala, Tepai Shah, Shakhrinau, and Uzbekontepa.
Other settlements from the Tokharistan period have also been discovered, like the town of Shishikona that was destroyed during the Soviet era and depopulated during the Mongol invasion.
Other smaller settlements were founded during the Late Middle Ages after the Mongol invasion, such as Abdullaevsky and Shainak.
Worth seeing
Dushanbe
Dushanbe is a practical Dushanbe planning anchor: compare its location, transfer time, nearby hotel bases and event timing before you lock the day plan.
Capital city in Tajikistan
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Dushanbe planning base 3
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Dushanbe planning base 4
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Dushanbe planning base 5
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Dushanbe planning base 6
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Stay overview
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Hotels & areas
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Dushanbe International (DYU) arrival plan
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Rental cars
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Best time to visit
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Transport notes
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Crowds
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