Hisar Fortress

Hisor is a city in western Tajikistan, about 15 km west of Dushanbe. The city was the seat of the former Hisor District, and is part of the Districts of Republican Subordination. It lies at an altitude of 799–824 m, surrounded by high mountains. The river Khanaka, a tributary to the Kofarnihon, flows through the town. Its population is estimated at 29,100 for the city proper and 308,100 for the city with the outlying communities. As of 2002, its population was composed 81.6% of Tajiks, 12.3% Uzbeks, 3.6% Russians, and 2.5% others.

It was once an independent Khanate, and then the winter residence of the governor of East Bukhara. The large fort is said to date back to Cyrus the Great and to have been captured twenty one times.Hisor was made a city on June 26, 1993.

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