Tursunzade ( Tajik. Tursunzoda ) is a city in the Gissar Valley , the administrative center of the Tursunzade district of the Republic of Tajikistan . Until February 17, 1978 - Regar [2] .
| City | |
| Tursunzade | |
|---|---|
| Taj. Tursunzoda | |
 City Administration Building | |
| A country |  Tajikistan |
| RRS | Tursunzadevsky |
| The mayor | Abducodir Valisoda |
| History and Geography | |
| First mention | 2nd half of the 14th century |
| Former names | before 1978 - Regar |
| City with | 1954 |
| Timezone | UTC + 5 |
| Population | |
| Population | β² 53,700 [1] people ( 2019 ) |
| Agglomeration | β² 292 600 |
| Nationalities | Tajiks , Uzbeks |
| Denominations | Muslims |
| Official language | Tajik |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +992 3,130 |
| Postcode | 735000 |
| regar.tj | |
It is named after Mirzo Tursunzade , a Tajik Soviet poet, a prominent statesman and public figure. The main enterprise in the area is the Tajik Aluminum Plant .
In the area there is an Orthodox church of the Protection of the Holy Virgin . In Tursunzade, there is a Training Center for the US Armed Forces , for the training of military personnel of the RT Armed Forces [3] .
Population
In 2013, the district overcame the mark of 50,000 people. In 2019, the city's population was 53,700 people [1] .
Tursunzade's population is mainly Tajiks and ethnic Uzbeks .
In 2006, a program was developed to relocate 1,000 families from the flood-hit Kulyab district to the areas adjacent to the city of Tursunzade [4] .
Notes
- β 1 2 Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of January 1, 2019. Communication from the Agency for Statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan. (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment July 5, 2015. Archived July 2, 2015.
- β Unofficial site of Tursunzade (Inaccessible link) . Date of treatment March 3, 2011. Archived March 22, 2014.
- β Website ng.ru, USA modernize the army of Tajikistan.
- β Tajikistan: Relocation Project Aims to Help the Poor