Hisor

:"See also Gissar Valley, Gissar Range"Infobox Settlement
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subdivision_name1 = Region of Republican Subordination
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subdivision_name2 = Hisor district
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Hisor ( _tg. Ҳисор; also Hissar or Gissar from _ru. Гиссар) is a city in western Tajikistan, about 15 km west of Dushanbe. It is the capital of Hisor district, in the Region of Republican Subordination. It lies at an altitude of 799-824 m, surrounded by high mountains (Gissar Range to the north, Babatag and Aktau ranges to the south). ["Atlas of Soviet Republics of Central Asia", Moscow, 1988, in Russian, p. 48.] The Khanaka River, a tributary to the Kofarnihon River, flows through the town. As of 2002, it had a population of 22,961, composed 81.6% of Tajiks, 12.3% Uzbeks, 3.6% Russians, and 2.5% others.

Hisor was made a city on June 26 1993.

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