Hisor

Hisor is a city in , 15 km west of . It is noted for a historical fortress. It is well worth a short day-trip from Dushanbe.
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  • Type: Town with 24,000 residents
  • Description: city in Tajikistan
  • Also known as: “Darwaz”, “Derwaz”, “Gissar”, “Hişar”, “Hisor, Tajikistan”, “Hisoro”, “Khisor”, “Khurgan”, “Kolab”, “Kulab”, “Roixan”, “Roshan”, “Shuman”, “Staryy Gissar”, “Wattan”, “Xuman”, “ヒッサール”, and “ヒッソール”

Hisor

Latitude
38.5254° or 38° 31′ 31″ north
Longitude
68.5526° or 68° 33′ 9″ east
Population
24,000
Elevation
800 metres (2,625 feet)
Open location code
8JCCGHG3+42
Open­Street­Map ID
node 252854134
Geo­Names ID
1221714
Wiki­data ID
Q655771
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Hisor” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حصار”
  • Armenian: “Հիսար (Տաջիկստան)”
  • Armenian: “Հիսար”
  • Asturian: “Hisar”
  • Azerbaijani: “Hissar”
  • Bulgarian: “Хисар”
  • Catalan: “Hisor”
  • Catalan: “Hissor”
  • Cebuano: “Hisor”
  • Central Kurdish: “حیسار، تاجیکستان”
  • Chinese: “吉薩爾”
  • Chinese: “希薩爾”
  • Czech: “Chisor”
  • Dutch: “Hisor”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حصار”
  • Esperanto: “Gisaro”
  • Estonian: “Hisor”
  • Finnish: “Hisor”
  • French: “Hisor”
  • German: “Chisor”
  • German: “Hissor”
  • Hungarian: “Hiszor”
  • Italian: “Hisor”
  • Japanese: “ギッサール”
  • Kazakh: “Ғиссар”
  • Kirghiz: “Гиссар”
  • Kirghiz: “Ысар”
  • Korean: “히소르”
  • Lithuanian: “Gisaras”
  • Mingrelian: “ჰისარი”
  • Ossetian: “Гиссар”
  • Persian: “حصار”
  • Polish: “Hisar”
  • Pushto: “حصار، تاجکستان”
  • Russian: “Гиссар”
  • Slovenian: “Hisar, Tadžikistan”
  • Spanish: “Hisor”
  • Tajik: “Ҳисор”
  • Tatar: “Хисар”
  • Ukrainian: “Гісар”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Chisor”
  • Urdu: “حصار، تاجکستان”
  • Uzbek: “Hisor (Tojikiston)”
  • Uzbek: “Hisor”
  • “Ҳисор”

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