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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 ...

, subdivision_name1 = Khatlon Region , subdivision_type2 = , subdivision_name2 = , established_title = , established_date = , government_type = , leader_title = , leader_name = , area_magnitude = , area_total_sq_mi = , area_total_km2 = , area_land_sq_mi = , area_land_km2 = , area_urban_sq_mi = , area_urban_km2 = , area_metro_km2 = , area_metro_sq_mi = , population_as_of=2020 , population_footnotes = , population_total = 61500 , population_urban = 31400 , population_metro = , population_density_sq_mi = , population_density_km2 = , timezone = , utc_offset = , timezone_DST = , utc_offset_DST = , coordinates = , elevation_footnotes= , elevation_m = , elevation_ft = , postal_code_type = , postal_code = , area_code = , blank1_name_sec2 = , blank1_info_sec2 = , website = , footnotes = Norak (russian: Нурек, tg, Норак ''Norak'') is a city in the Khatlon Region of

. It is situated on the river Vakhsh, 885 m above sea level, and is 70 km southeast 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 (ru ...

, the capital. Its population is estimated at 31,400 for the city proper and 61,500 for the city with the outlying communities (2020). The city was founded in 1960 alongside the construction of

Nurek Dam The Nurek Dam (russian: Нурекская ГЭС; Tajik: Нерӯгоҳи обии Норак, ''Nerūgohi obii Norak'', Tajik for Nurek Hydro-electric Station) is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Vakhsh River in Tajikistan. Its primary purpo ...

, which was completed in 1980. The city also has a military area housing personnel working at the nearby optical satellite tracking facility, the

Okno Okno ( rus, Окно meaning window) is a Russian space surveillance station located in Nurak in Tajikistan. It is run by the Russian Space Forces and is part of the Centre for Outer Space Monitoring. It is located above sea level in the Sanglo ...

("Window") complex.https://fas.org/spp/military/program/track/okno.pdf Sourcebook on the Okno and Krona Space Surveillance Systems

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Before ca. 2018, Norak was the seat of Norak District, which covered the rural part of the present city of Norak. The city of Norak covers Norak proper and two jamoats. These are as follows:Jamoat-level basic indicators
United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 8 October 2020

References

Populated places in Khatlon Region {{Tajikistan-geo-stub