Norak
Norak is a city in Tajikistan and has about 27,900 residents. Norak is situated nearby to the village Dakhana, as well as near Mahrazi.Places of Interest
Highlights include Nurek Dam.
Nurek Dam
Dam
Photo: Ibrahimjon, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Nurek Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Vakhsh River in Tajikistan. Its primary purpose is hydroelectric power generation and its power station has an installed capacity of 3,015 MW.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Norak.
Norak
Town
Photo: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Norak is a city in the Khatlon Region of Tajikistan. It is situated on the river Vakhsh, 885 m above sea level, and is 70 km southeast of Dushanbe, the capital.
Norak
- Type: City with 27,900 residents
- Also known as: “Nurek”
- Category: locality
- Location: Tajikistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
38.3897° or 38° 23′ 23″ northLongitude
69.3081° or 69° 18′ 29″ eastPopulation
27,900Open location code
8JCF98Q5+V6OpenStreetMap ID
node 288384192OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Norak” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نارك”
- German: “Nurek”
- Japanese: “ヌレーク”
- Russian: “Нурек”
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