Dushanbe

Dushanbe, the capital of , is a beautiful city of stark contrasts between the old and the new. Old Soviet-era buildings stand adjacent to new massive state buildings and monuments, and there always seems to be a tension between the demolition of the old and the construction of the new.
  • City with about 948,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 710 metres (2,320 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code DYU
  • …was formerly known as “Stalinabad”
  • Description: capital of Tajikistan
  • Also known as
    “Djuschambe”
    “Dushambe”
    “Dyushambe”
    “Jushambe”

Places of Interest

Discover Palace of Nations and Ayni Opera and Ballet Theatre.
The Palace of the Nation is the official residence of the President of Tajikistan.
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Latitude
38.5767° or 38° 34′ 36″ north
Longitude
68.7854° or 68° 47′ 8″ east
UN/LOCODE
TJ DYU
Open location code
8JCCHQGP+M5
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Dushanbe” goes by many names.
ДушанбеAbkhazian
DushanbeAchinese
DoesjanbeAfrikaans
DushanbeAlbanian
ዱሻንቤAmharic
دوشبArabic
دوشنبةArabic
دوشنبهArabic
DuixanbéAragonese
DuxanbeAragonese
ԴուշանբեArmenian
DuxambéAsturian
ДушанбеAvaric
DüşənbəAzerbaijani
DushanbéBalinese
ДүшәнбеBashkir
DushanbeBasque
DuxanbeBasque
ДзюшанбеBelarusian
ДзюшанбэBelarusian
ДушанбэBelarusian
СталінабадBelarusian
দুশান্‌বেBengali
DušanbeBosnian
DouchanbeBreton
ДушанбеBulgarian
СталинабадBulgarian
ဒူရှန်ဘဲမြို့Burmese
DiuixambéCatalan
DuixanbéCatalan
StalinabadCatalan
DushanbeCebuano
DushanbeCentral Bikol
دووشەنبەCentral Kurdish
ДушанбеChechen
杜尚別Chinese
杜尚别Chinese
杜尚貝Chinese
ДоушанбєChurch Slavic
DuşanbeCrimean Tatar
DušanbeCroatian
DušanbeCzech
DusjanbeDanish
DuşanbeDimli (individual language)
DoesjanbeDutch
ДушанбеEastern Mari
دوشنبهEgyptian Arabic
ДушанбеErzya
Душанбе ошErzya
DuŝanbeoEsperanto
DuŝanboEsperanto
DušanbeEstonian
DushanbeFiji Hindi
DušanbeFinnish
DuşanbeGagauz
DushanbeGalician
დუშანბეGeorgian
ΝτουσαμπέGreek
ΝτουσάνμπεGreek
DusambeGuarani
દુશંબેGujarati
DouchanbeHaitian
DushanbeHakka Chinese
DushanbeHausa
דושנבהHebrew
दुशान्बेHindi
दोशंबाHindi
DusanbeHungarian
DúsjanbeIcelandic
DushanbeIdo
DushanbeIloko
DušanbeInari Sami
DushanbeIndonesian
DushanbeInterlingua
DushanbeInterlingue
DushanbeIrish
DušanbeItalian
DušhanbeItalian
ドゥシャンベJapanese
DushanbeJavanese
ದುಶಾಂಬೆKannada
DushanbeKara-Kalpak
ДушанбеKazakh
Душанбе қаласыKazakh
ДушанбеKirghiz
ДүйшөмбүKirghiz
СталинабадKirghiz
DushanbeKomering
ДушанбеKomi
두샨베Korean
DuşenbeKurdish
DushanbeLadino
ດູຊານເບLao
DušanbeLatin
DušanbeLatvian
StaļinabadaLatvian
DuxanbéLigurian
DuxanbeLingua Franca Nova
DušanbėLithuanian
DušanbeLivvi
DušanbeLombard
DuschanbeLuxembourgish
ДушанбеMacedonian
दुशान्बेMagahi
दुसान्बेMaithili
DushanbeMalay
ദുഷാൻബെMalayalam
DushanbeMaltese
दुशांबेMarathi
دوشنبهMazanderani
DushanbeMin Dong Chinese
DushanbeMin Nan Chinese
DushanbeMinangkabau
დუშანბეMingrelian
ДушанбэMoksha
ДушанбеMongolian
دوشانبيMoroccan Arabic
Daʼiiniih ŁáníNavajo
दुशान्वेNepali
दुसान्बेNepali
DuschanbeNorthern Frisian
دوشنبهNorthern Luri
DušanbeNorthern Sami
DusjanbeNorwegian
DusjanbeNorwegian Bokmål
DusjanbeNorwegian Nynorsk
DushanbeNovial
DoshambeOccitan (post 1500)
MōndæġburgOld English (ca. 450-1100)
ДушанбеOssetian
دوشنبهOttoman Turkish (1500-1928)
ਦੁਸ਼ਾਂਬੇPanjabi
DusjanbePapiamento
دوشنبهPersian
DušanbePiemontese
DuszanbePolish
دوشنبهPushto
DușanbeRomanian
ДушанбеRussia Buriat
ДушанбеRussian
ДюшамбеRussian
СталинабадRussian
DošanbėSamogitian
DushanbeSardinian
DushanbeScots
DushanbeScottish Gaelic
ДушанбеSerbian
СтаљинабадSerbian
DušanbeSerbo-Croatian
DushanbeShona
DuszanbeSilesian
دوشنبيSindhi
ඩුශන්බිSinhala
ඩුෂන්බේSinhala
DušanbeSkolt Sami
DušanbeSlovak
DušanbeSlovenian
StalinabadSlovenian
دوشنبهSouth Azerbaijani
دوشنبه (شهر)South Azerbaijani
DushanbeSwahili
DusjanbeSwedish
DusambeTagalog
DushanbeTagalog
ДушанбеTajik
СталинободTajik
DuşənbəTalysh
டுஷன்பேTamil
துசான்பேTamil
துஷாம்பேTamil
DüşänbeTatar
ДүшәнбеTatar
దుషాంబేTelugu
ดูชานเบThai
དུ་ཤང་པེ།Tibetan
DushanbeTumbuka
DuşanbeTurkish
DuşanbeTurkmen
ДушанбеUdmurt
دۈشەنبەUighur
ДушанбеUkrainian
ДюшамбеUkrainian
СталінабадUkrainian
DušanbeUpper Sorbian
دوشنبہUrdu
DushanbeUzbek
DušanbeVenetian
DušanbeVeps
DushanbeVietnamese
DoesjanbeVlaams
DujanbeVolapük
DushanbeWaray (Philippines)
DushanbeWelsh
ՏուշանպէWestern Armenian
DoesjanbeWestern Frisian
DûsjanbeWestern Frisian
دوشنبہWestern Panjabi
杜尚别Wu Chinese
ДушанбеYakut
דושאנבעYiddish
DushanbeYoruba
杜尚別Yue Chinese
i-DushanbeZulu

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