The Hisar Range, formerly the Gissar Range, is a

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have aris ...

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, in the western part of the Pamir-Alay system, stretching over 200 km in the general east–west direction across the territory of

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 ...

and

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Geography

The Hisar Range lies south of the Zarafshon Range, extending north of

Dushanbe Dushanbe is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 1,564,700, with this population being largely Tajiks, Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe, and from 1929 to 1961 as St ...

through Tajikistan's Hissar District of the

Districts of Republican Subordination Districts under Tajikistan Central Government Jurisdiction, also translated as Districts of Republican Subordination or Districts under Republic(an) Subordination (; , Latin Tajik alphabet: ), is a region in Tajikistan, consisting of 9 distric ...

and reaching Uzbekistan at the north tip of Surxondaryo Region. The highest point in the Hissar Range is Alpomish Peak, confirmed when a 2023 survey determined nearby Khazret Sultan to be shorter. With an elevation of , the mountain is located on the Uzbekistan-Tajikistan border, just north-west of

, and is also the highest point in Uzbekistan. The Hissar Range is composed of crystalline rocks,

schist Schist ( ) is a medium-grained metamorphic rock generally derived from fine-grained sedimentary rock, like shale. It shows pronounced ''schistosity'' (named for the rock). This means that the rock is composed of mineral grains easily seen with a l ...

, and

sandstone Sandstone is a Clastic rock#Sedimentary clastic rocks, clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of grain size, sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate mineral, silicate grains, Cementation (geology), cemented together by another mineral. Sand ...

, punctured by

granite Granite ( ) is a coarse-grained (phanerite, phaneritic) intrusive rock, intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly coo ...

intrusions.

Nature

Hissor Valley, which encompasses the Shirkent National Park is a reserve, which is expected to be expanded to some in the coming years, has an unusually high concentration of sites of historical and scientific interest.Hissar Mountain Range
accessed December 1, 2016.

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Mountain ranges of Tajikistan Mountain ranges of Uzbekistan Surxondaryo Region Districts of Republican Subordination World Heritage Tentative List Pamir Mountains {{tj-geo-stub

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