Dusti Explained

Official Name:Dusti
Native Name:Russian: Дусти
Tajik: Дӯстӣ
Pushpin Map:Tajikistan
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Tajikistan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Tajikistan
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Khatlon Region
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Jayhun District
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:18,800
Coordinates:37.3486°N 68.6733°W
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Dusti (Russian: Дусти; Tajik: Дӯстӣ) is a town in Khatlon Region, southern Tajikistan, near the Afghan border. It is the seat of the Jayhun District. Its population is 18,800 (January 2020 estimate).[2] Under Soviet rule the town was named Molotovabad.[3]

Transport

Dusti is located on north–south highway E123. It is served by a station on the national railway system.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН . prokuratura.tj . Parliament of Tajikistan . 9 January 2020.
  2. Web site: Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020 . Statistics office of Tajikistan . 9 October 2020 . ru . 1 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210601101228/http://stat.ww.tj/posts/July2020/macmua_20201.pdf . dead .
  3. Web site: Molotovabad: Tajikistan . Geographic.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20121011020414/http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-3520183&fid=6118&c. 11 October 2012. live., source National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency