Farkhor (), also called Parkhar (), is a city in southwestern
Tajikistan
Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...
, located on the border with
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...
. It is the capital of
Farkhor District in
Khatlon Region
Khatlon Region (), one of the four provinces of Tajikistan, is the most populous of the four first-level administrative regions in the country. It is situated in the southwest of the country, between the Hisor Range, Hisor (Gissar) Range in the n ...
. The population of the town is 25,300 (January 2020 estimate).
The
Farkhor Air Base is about 4 km south-west of Farkhor. The record high temperature of was recorded on July 8, 2021.
References
Populated places in Khatlon Region
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