Istiqlol
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thumb|220px|Old Istiqlol Istiqlol (; , formerly Taboshar) is a city in Tajikistan, located in Sughd Region. Istiqlol is a city of regional subordination, administratively subordinated to the regional capital of Khujand.
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- Locality
- Истиқлол
- Region
- Вилояти Суғд
- Country
- Тоҷикистон
- Population
- 17,600
- Timezone
- Asia/Dushanbe
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Istiqlol
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Tajikistan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Tajikistan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Sughd Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- City
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Khujand
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020
- Settlement.population_total
- 17600
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thumb|220px|Old Istiqlol Istiqlol (; , formerly Taboshar) is a city in Tajikistan, located in Sughd Region. Istiqlol is a city of regional subordination, administratively subordinated to the regional capital of Khujand.
The first Soviet uranium mine was established in Taboshar during the Second World War. Taboshar was the first of many officially secret Soviet closed cities related to uranium mining and production. In 2022, a contract was agreed for a subsidiary of TVEL to reclaim land on the tailings dump, which contains of material.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Istiqlol” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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