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Tursunzoda

Tajikistan / Karotegin / Tursunzoda /
Τursunzoda (Tajik: Турсунзода, also Tursunzade from Russian spelling) is a city in western Tajikistan, known for its aluminium smelting plant TadAZ. It is located 60 km west of Dushanbe (40 km west of Hisor), near the border with Uzbekistan. It is near several rivers, Shirkent and Karatag immediately to the west and east of the city, and Kofarnihon further east. Its population was given as 40,600 in the 1989 census, falling to 39,000 in 2000, and estimated at 37,000 in 2006. The city has two television stations, TV-REGAR and TV-TADAZ, two newspapers, Aluminiy Tojikiston and Regar, and a radio station.Tursunzoda is home to football club Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tursunzoda
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Coordinates:   38°30'49"N   68°13'46"E
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