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Dushanbe
DushanbeCategory:Capitals in Asia
'''Dushanbe''' (Душанбе), population 582,400 (1991), is the capital of Tajikistan. The name is derived from the Tajik word for "Monday" ('''du''' "two" + '''shamba''' or '''shanbe''' "day", lit. "day two") and refers to the fact that it was a popular "Monday" market place.
==History==
The city served as the headquarters for Ibrahim Bek, a Tajik leader who fought the Bolsheviks. From 1929, when the city became the capital of the Tadzhik SSR|Tadzhik Soviet Socialist Republic, to 1961, it was known as '''Stalinabad''', after Joseph Stalin. A university and the Tajik Academy of Sciences are in the city. The city was badly damaged as a result of a civil war that sprang up in Tajikistan shortly after its independence.
==Economy==
coal|Coal, lead, and arsenic are mined nearby. A leading cotton textiles|textile center, Dushanbe also produces silk, machinery, electrical appliances, clothing, leather goods, tractor parts, and foodstuffs.
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