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Khujand Khujand ( tg, Хуҷанд, Khujand; Uzbek: Хўжанд, romanized: Хo'jand; fa, خجند‌, Khojand), sometimes spelled Khodjent and known as Leninabad (russian: Ленинабад, Leninabad; tg, Ленинобод, Leninobod; fa, لنی ...

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Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

, located in Sughd Region. Istiqlol is a city of regional subordination, administratively subordinated to the regional capital of

. The first Soviet uranium mine was established in Taboshar during the

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. Taboshar was the first of many officially secret Soviet closed cities related to uranium mining and production. In 2022, a contract was agreed for a subsidiary of

TVEL :''TVEL ( rus, ТВЭЛ, r=tvel) is also a Russian abbreviation of the "heat-releasing element", fuel rod.'' The TVEL Fuel Company (TVEL) is a Russian nuclear fuel cycle company headquartered in Moscow. It has operated since 1996. History and op ...

to reclaim land on the tailings dump, which contains of material. The population of Istiqlol in 2020 is estimated at 17,600.

Sports

FC Istiklol ) , image = FC Istiklol.png , image_size = 200px , founded = , ground = Central Republican Stadium , capacity = 20,000 , chairman = Shohruh Saidzoda

plays in

Tajikistan Higher League The Ligai Olii Tojikiston ( Tajik: ''Лигаи Олии Тоҷикистон'') or Tajikistan Higher League ( fa, لیگ عالی فوتبال تاجیکستان, Russian: ''Высшая лига Таджикистана'') is the top division ...

and AFC Champions League.

References

Populated places in Sughd Region Uranium mines in Kazakhstan {{Tajikistan-geo-stub

Sports

See also

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