Danghara

Danghara
Tajik: Данғара
Danghara is located in Tajikistan
Danghara
Danghara
Location in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 38°05′54″N 69°20′48″E / 38.09833°N 69.34667°E / 38.09833; 69.34667
Country Tajikistan
RegionKhatlon
DistrictDanghara
Elevation
649 m (2,129 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total31,100
Official languages

Danghara (Tajik: Данғара), is a town in the Khatlon Region of Tajikistan. It is the capital of Danghara District. It is the hometown of Tajikistan's president, Emomali Rahmon as well as the country's first deputy prime minister, Asadullo Ghulomov, and several other senior government officials and members of parliament.[2] As of 2020, the town's population was estimated at 31,100.[3]

In 2012, Radio Free Europe reported that the town might be the target of a plan to relocate the country's capital city. The rumors were spurred by the fact that a new international airport was being constructed in the area. Additionally, a major rail line was rerouted and the town's roads renovated.[4]

  1. ^ "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  2. ^ Tajik First Deputy Prime Minister Dies , 03.08.2011 13:02 , http://www.rferl.org/content/tajik_deputy_prime_minister_dies/24285795.html
  3. ^ "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  4. ^ Plans For A New Airport Invite Speculation In Tajikistan, 09.01.2012 18:27, http://www.rferl.org/content/tajikistan_rahmon_danghara_capital/24446724.html