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- Formerly:
- Qǔrghonteppa or Kurgan-Tyube
- Also spelled:
- Qurghān Tyube
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Bokhtar
Tajikistan
Also known as: Kurgan-Tyube, Qǔrghonteppa, Qurghān Tyube
Bokhtar, city, southwestern Tajikistan. It lies in the Vakhsh River valley, 62 miles (100 km) south of Dushanbe. Bokhtar has existed since the 17th century. It is on the railway line between Dushanbe and Kŭlob.
The city has food-processing plants, clothing manufacturers, an electrical-transformer plant, and a cotton-ginning plant. The city also has a medical school and a power-engineering technical college. In the surrounding area, cotton is the main crop and sheep are the main livestock. Pop. (2020 est.) 111,800; (2010) 75,450.
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