Hisar (also Gissar, Gisar, Hissar, or Hisor) Valley in
Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
runs east–west along the southern slopes of
Hisar Range and on the northern border of
Khatlon Province
Khatlon Region ( tg, Вилояти Хатлон, ''Viloyati Xatlon''), one of the four provinces of Tajikistan ( tg, вилоят, ''Viloyat''), is the most populous of the four first level administrative regions. It is situated in the southwest ...
. It is about 100 km long and up to 20 km wide in the middle, stretching from
Vahdat district
Vahdat District (also spelled Vakhdat (russian: Вахдатский район), tg, Ноҳияи Ваҳдат, Nohiyayi Vahdat) is a former district of the Districts of Republican Subordination in Tajikistan, called Kofarnihon District until th ...
in the east to
Tursunzoda district on the border with
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...
in the west, with the capital
Dushanbe
Dushanbe ( tg, Душанбе, ; ; russian: Душанбе) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 863,400 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (r ...
and
Hisar district
Hisar district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana, India. Hisar city serves as the district headquarters. Hisar district has four sub-divisions that is, Hisar, Barwala, Hansi and Narnaud, each headed by an SDM. The district is also part of H ...
at its center. The elevations in the valley range from to . The valley is irrigated by
Kofarnihon River
The Kofarnihon ( tg, Кофарниҳон, uz, Kofarnihon, russian: Кафирниган ''Kafirnigan'') is one of the major tributaries of the Amu Darya (together with Vakhsh (river), Vakhsh and Panj River, Panj) in Tajikistan. The river is lon ...
in its upper and middle course. Warm temperatures (29 °C in the summer, 0 °C to – 1 °C in the winter) and abundant water for irrigation make the Hisar Valley one of the prime cotton growing areas in Tajikistan.
See also
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Agriculture in Tajikistan
Tajikistan is a highly agrarian country, with its rural population at more than 70% and agriculture accounting for 60% of employment''Tajikistan: 15 Years of Independence'', statistical yearbook, State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Tajik ...
Valleys of Tajikistan
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