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Tursunzoda

Central Asia

Tursunzoda is a city in western Tajikistan, near the border with Uzbekistan, best known as the home of the TALCO aluminium smelter, the largest aluminium plant in Central Asia and Tajikistan's chief industrial asset. Construction of the plant began in 1972 with its first aluminium poured in 1975, powered by the Nurek hydroelectric station on the Vakhsh River.

Facts
Population
46,700 1
Population Estimate Year
2010 1
Latitude
38.510833 degrees north 1
Longitude
68.230278 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Highland 2
Climate Zone
Continental 3
Time Zone
UTC+05:00 2
Sources
1. Tursunzoda (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 46,700 (2010)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 38.510833, longitude 68.230278
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 46700 (2010)
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2. GeoNames: Tursunzoda - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 1282601
    38.51271 68.23163 P PPLA2 TJ RR 37000 707 Asia/Dushanbe
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 707 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 38.75, 68.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 38.75, 68.25
38.75 68.25 Dsb
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Tursunzoda (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Central Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and countryView the Source
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