Bokhtar
Bokhtar
Tajik: Бохтар | |
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Bokhtar in 2018 | |
| Coordinates: 37°50′11″N 68°46′49″E / 37.83639°N 68.78028°E | |
| Country | Tajikistan |
| Province | Khatlon |
| Area | |
• City | 26 km2 (10 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 430 m (1,410 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
• City | 126 700 |
| • Density | 4,261/km2 (11,040/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 190 000 |
| Area code | 992-3222 |
| Official languages | |
Bokhtar (Tajik: Бохтар), previously known as Qurghonteppa, Kurganteppa and Kurgan-Tyube, is a city in southwestern Tajikistan, which serves as the capital of the Khatlon region. Bokhtar is the largest city in southern Tajikistan, and is located 100 kilometres (62 mi) south of Dushanbe and 150 kilometres (93 mi) north of Kunduz, Afghanistan.