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Explore Karatikon in Tajikistan
Karatikon in the region of Tajikistan (general) is a place in Tajikistan - some 25 mi or ( 41 km ) North-West of Dushanbe , the country's capital city .
Time in Karatikon is now 12:57 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Dushanbe " with a UTC offset of 5 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Samarkand, Bukhara, Vose, Istaravshan, and Tashkutanstroy. Since you are here already, consider visiting Samarkand . Where to go and what to see in Karatikon ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Gissar Range
Gissar Range is a mountain range in Central Asia, in the western part of the Pamir-Alay system, stretching over 200 km in the general east-west direction across the territory of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The Gissar Range (also known as Hissar or Hisor Range) lies south of the Zeravshan Range, extending north of Dushanbe through Tajikistan's Gissar District and reaching Uzbekistan at the north tip of Surkhandarya Province.
Located at 38.92 68.25 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Tajik Aluminium Company
The Tajik Aluminium Company (Tajik: Ширкати Алюминийи Тоҷик; Russian: Таджикская алюминиевая компания), abbreviated as TALCO headquartered in Tursunzoda, Tajikistan, runs the largest aluminum manufacturing plant in Central Asia, and is Tajikistan's chief industrial asset. The country has no native aluminum ore, so the raw material for the plant has to be imported. Construction of the plant proper began in 1972, and the first pouring of aluminum took place on 31 March 1975.
Located at 38.55 68.23 (Lat./Long.); Less than 25 km away
Hisor District
Hisor District (also transliterated as Hissar, Gissar) or Nohiyai Hisor is a district in the Region of Republican Subordination, in Tajikistan, located west of the capital Dushanbe, between Varzob District in the east and Shahrinaw District in the west. Its capital Hisor (Gissar) is a town of 50,000 people about 10 km west of Dushanbe, at the center of the fertile Gissar Valley.
Located at 38.53 68.55 (Lat./Long.); Less than 27 km away
Hisor
See also Gissar Valley, Gissar Range Hisor Old castle in Hisor Hisor is located in TajikistanHisorHisor Coordinates: {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:38|31|32|N|68|32|50|E|type:city(22961)_region:TJ | |name= }} Country 25px Tajikistan Province Districts of Republican Subordination District Hisor District Population (2001) • Total 22,961 Hisor (Tajik: Ҳисор; also Hissar or Gissar from Russian: Гиссар) is a city in western Tajikistan, about 15 km west of Dushanbe.
Located at 38.53 68.55 (Lat./Long.); Less than 27 km away
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