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Gissar ) is a city
in western
Tajikistan, about 15
km west of Dushanbe. It is the capital of
Hisor
District, one of the
Districts of
Republican Subordination. It lies at an altitude of 799-824 m, surrounded by
high mountains (Gissar Range
to
the north,
Babatag
and
Aktau
ranges to the south).
The Khanaka River, a tributary to the
Kofarnihon River, flows through the
town. As of 2002, it had a population of 22,961, 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