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: Hisar”, “Khisor”, and “Staryy Gissar

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: Darwaz
  • Catalan: Derwaz
  • Catalan: Hişar
  • Catalan: Hisor
  • Catalan: Hissor
  • Catalan: Khurgan
  • Catalan: Kolab
  • Catalan: Kulab
  • Catalan: Roixan
  • Catalan: Roshan
  • Catalan: Shuman
  • Catalan: Wattan
  • Catalan: Xuman
  • Cebuano: Hisor
  • Central Kurdish: حیسار، تاجیکستان
  • Chinese: 吉薩爾
  • Chinese: 希薩爾
  • Czech: Chisor
  • Dutch: Hisor
  • Egyptian Arabic: حصار
  • Esperanto: Gisaro
  • Esperanto: Hisoro
  • Estonian: Hisor
  • Finnish: Hisor
  • French: Hisor
  • German: Chisor
  • German: Hissor
  • Hungarian: Hiszor
  • Italian: Hisor
  • Japanese: ギッサール
  • 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
  • Upper Sorbian: Gissar
  • Urdu: حصار، تاجکستان
  • Uzbek: Hisor (Tojikiston)
  • Uzbek: Hisor

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Hisor”. Photo: babasteve, CC BY 2.0.