Norak
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.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.
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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