# Anzob
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'''Anzob''' ([Tajik](/source/Tajik_language): Анзоб) is a village and [jamoat](/source/Jamoats_of_Tajikistan) in north-west [Tajikistan](/source/Tajikistan). It is located in [Ayni District](/source/Ayni_District) in [Sughd Region](/source/Sughd_Region), in the [Zarafshan Range](/source/Zarafshan_Range), about {{convert|110|km}} north of [Dushanbe](/source/Dushanbe).[{{cite book|last1=Middleton|first1=Robert|last2=Thomas|first2=Huw|last3=Whitlock|first3=Monica|author4=Hauser, Markus |title=Tajikistan and the High Pamirs: A Companion and Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BOoVAQAAMAAJ|access-date=27 May 2013|date=30 June 2008|publisher=Odyssey|isbn=978-962-217-773-4|page=127}}] The jamoat has a total population of 8,238 (2015).[[http://untj.org/jambi-project/index.php/maps-statistics/demography Jamoat-level basic indicators], United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 5 October 2020] It is located on the [M34 highway](/source/M34_highway_(Tajikistan)) and in the [Yaghnob River](/source/Yaghnob_River) [valley](/source/Yaghnob_Valley). Anzob has a mining and beneficiation complex.[{{cite book|title=Ukraine Mining Laws and Regulations Handbook: Strategic Information, Basic Laws and Regulations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LAAAERTw0BwC&pg=PA246|access-date=27 May 2013|date=4 February 2013|publisher=Int'l Business Publications|isbn=978-1-4387-7840-2|page=246}}]
The Jamoat consists of 23 villages, including Takfon (the seat), Anzob, [Bidev](/source/Bidev), [Dehbaland](/source/Dehbaland), [Dumzoy](/source/Dumzoy), [Gharmayn](/source/Gharmayn), [Kashi](/source/Kashi%2C_Yaghnob), [Khishortob](/source/Khishortob), [Kiryonti](/source/Kiryonti), [Marghtumayn](/source/Marghtumayn), [Nomitkon](/source/Nomitkon), [Piskon](/source/Piskon), [Qul](/source/Qul%2C_Tajikistan), [Tagichinor](/source/Tagichinor) and [Waghinzoy](/source/Waghinzoy).[[http://tojkiston.ucoz.ru/index/dzhamoat_anzob/0-96 Jamoat Anzob], tojkiston.ucoz.ru]
==Anzob Pass==
thumb|right|Near the Anzob Pass
The Anzob Pass to the south, about {{convert|90|km}} north of Dushanbe at roughly {{convert|11000|ft}}, is one of the most treacherous mountain passes of Central Asia.[{{cite book|last=Davis|first=Lee|title=Natural Disasters|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CRzMOYIuLJEC&pg=PA21|access-date=27 May 2013|date=1 January 2009|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-1878-9|page=21}}] The avalanche was so large that it took two weeks for the would-be rescuers to reach the victims.[{{cite book|last1=Abdullaev|first1=Kamoludin|last2=Akbarzaheh|first2=Shahram|title=Historical Dictionary of Tajikistan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mC9RsIYy8m8C&pg=PA61|access-date=27 May 2013|date=27 April 2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-6061-2|page=61}}] Although construction was delayed due to electricity faults and other problems, the tunnel was completed in 2006.[{{cite book|last=Jonson|first=Lena|title=Tajikistan in the New Central Asia: Geopolitics, Great Power Rivalry and Radical Islam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hLi9oJMT5B8C&pg=PA90|access-date=27 May 2013|date=3 October 2006|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-1-84511-293-6|page=90}}]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.maplandia.com/tajikistan/leninabad/anzob/ Satellite map at Maplandia.com]
{{Districts of Sughd}}
Category:Populated places in Sughd Region
Category:Jamoats of Tajikistan
Category:Mountain passes of Tajikistan
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