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'''Norak''' ({{langx|ru|Нурек}}, {{langx|tg|Норак}} ''Norak'') is a city in the Khatlon Region of Tajikistan. It is situated on the river Vakhsh, 885 m above sea level, and is 70 km southeast of Dushanbe, the capital. Its population is estimated at 31,400 for the city proper and 61,500 for the city with the outlying communities (2020).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stat.ww.tj/posts/July2020/macmua_20201.pdf |title=Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020 |publisher=Statistics office of Tajikistan |access-date=8 October 2020 |language=ru }}</ref>
The city was founded in 1960 alongside the construction of Nurek Dam, which was completed in 1980.
The city also has a military area housing personnel working at the nearby optical satellite tracking facility, the Okno ("Window") complex.<ref>https://fas.org/spp/military/program/track/okno.pdf Sourcebook on the Okno and Krona Space Surveillance Systems</ref>
==Subdivisions== Before 2018, Norak was the seat of Norak District, which covered the rural part of the present city of Norak.<ref name=pop2015>{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.tj/ru/img/65a709121baf8a64bf15d33f398aafde_1435736807.pdf |title=Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2015 |publisher=Statistics office of Tajikistan |access-date=3 October 2020 |language=ru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702021130/http://www.stat.tj/ru/img/65a709121baf8a64bf15d33f398aafde_1435736807.pdf|archive-date=2 July 2015}}</ref> The city of Norak covers Norak proper and two jamoats. These are as follows:<ref name=jambi>[http://untj.org/jambi-project/index.php/maps-statistics/demography Jamoat-level basic indicators], United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 8 October 2020</ref>
{| class="wikitable" sortable" |- ! Jamoat ! Population (Jan. 2015)<ref name=jambi/> |- | Dukoni || 15,681 |- | Pulisangin || 11,960 |}
== Notable people == <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> * Rustam Abdulov (born 1973), former footballer
== References == {{Reflist}}
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