Dushanbe
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Dushanbe (Душанбе), population 582,400 (1991), is the capital of Tajikistan. The name is derived from the Tajik word for "Monday" (du "two" + shamba or shanbe "day", lit. "day two") and refers to the fact that it was a popular "Monday" market place. Dushanbe is located at 38°33' North, 68°48' East (38.55, 68.8). [1] (http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html)
History
The city served as the headquarters for Ibrahim Bek, a Tajik leader who fought the Bolsheviks. From 1929, when the city became the capital of the Tadzhik Soviet Socialist Republic, to 1961, it was known as Stalinabad, after Joseph Stalin. A university and the Tajik Academy of Sciences are in the city. The city was badly damaged as a result of a civil war that sprang up in Tajikistan shortly after its independence.
Economy
Coal, lead, and arsenic are mined nearby. A leading cotton textile center, Dushanbe also produces silk, machinery, electrical appliances, clothing, leather goods, tractor parts, and foodstuffs.
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