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Varzob Varzob ( tg, Варзоб) is a settlement in Varzob District, Districts of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan, in central Asia. It is the administrative center for the Varzob District. Geography Varzob is located on the left (east) bank of the ...

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Varzob District (russian: Варзобский район; tg, Ноҳияи Варзоб, translit=Nohiyayi Varzob) is a

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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 ...

, lying north of

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 ...

. It is one of the

. It borders on the city of

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from the west,

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from the south, and the city of

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from the east. The

Gissar Range Hisar Range ( tg, Қаторкӯҳи Ҳисор; uz, Hisor tizmasi, russian: Гиссарский хребет; uk, Ґаторкугі Гісор; fa, رشته‌کوه حصار; also known as Hissar, Hisor, or Gissar Range) is a mountain range ...

runs along its northern edge. The river

traverses the entire district north to south. The district capital is the village

. The population of the district is 82,200 (January 2020 estimate). Beside the river, grows a native species of '' Iris vicaria'', and '' Iris hoogiana''.

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about and is divided administratively into one town and six jamoats. They are as follows:Jamoat-level basic indicators
United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 13 October 2020

Notes

References

Districts of Tajikistan {{Tajikistan-geo-stub