Parkhar
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Parkhar
an urban-type settlement and administrative center of Parkhar Raion, Kuliab Oblast, Tadzhik SSR. Located in the Piandzh River valley, 198 km southeast of Dushanbe, with which it is linked by highway. Population, 11,400 (1973). Parkhar has a cotton-ginning plant.
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