Norak

Norak is a city in the of . It is situated on the river Vakhsh, 885 m above sea level, and is 70 km southeast of , the capital.
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  • Type: Town with 18,100 residents
  • Description: town in Tajikistan
  • Also known as: “Nurak” and “Nurek”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nurek Dam.

Dam
Photo: Ibrahimjon, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Vakhsh River in . Its primary purpose is hydroelectric power generation and its power station has an installed capacity of 3,015 MW. is situated 3 km southeast of Norak.

Norak

Latitude
38.39119° or 38° 23′ 28″ north
Longitude
69.32389° or 69° 19′ 26″ east
Population
18,100
Elevation
660 metres (2,165 feet)
United Nations Location Code
TJ NUK
Open location code
8JCF98RF+FH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 242857780
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1220905
Wiki­data ID
Q1018201
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Satellite Map

Discover Norak from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Norak” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نارك”
  • Armenian: “Նուրեկ”
  • Asturian: “Norak”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nurek”
  • Belarusian: “Нурэк”
  • Bulgarian: “Нурек”
  • Cebuano: “Norak”
  • Chinese: “努雷克”
  • Chinese: “諾拉克”
  • Czech: “Norak”
  • Dutch: “Nurak”
  • Esperanto: “Norak”
  • Esperanto: “Norek”
  • Estonian: “Norak”
  • Estonian: “Nurek”
  • Finnish: “Norak”
  • Finnish: “Nurak”
  • Finnish: “Nurek”
  • French: “Nourek”
  • German: “Norak”
  • German: “Nurek”
  • Hungarian: “Norak”
  • Hungarian: “Nurek”
  • Italian: “Norak”
  • Italian: “Nurak”
  • Japanese: “ヌレーク”
  • Japanese: “ヌレク”
  • Japanese: “ノラーク”
  • Kazakh: “Нұрек”
  • Kirghiz: “Нурек”
  • Korean: “누레크”
  • Lithuanian: “Nurekas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nurak”
  • Norwegian: “Nurak”
  • Ossetian: “Нурек”
  • Persian: “نارک”
  • Persian: “نارَک”
  • Polish: “Norak”
  • Polish: “Nurek”
  • Pushto: “نورک”
  • Russian: “Норак”
  • Russian: “Нурек”
  • Slovak: “Norak”
  • Tajik: “Norak”
  • Tajik: “Норак”
  • Tatar: “Нарәк”
  • Tatar: “Нурәк”
  • Ukrainian: “Нурек”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Norak”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Nurek”
  • Urdu: “نورک”
  • Uzbek: “Norak”

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