Weather in Dushanbe region (Tajikistan)

Dushanbe (Tajik: Душанбе , IPA:  [duʃæmˈbe] ; meaning Monday in Tajik) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. It was named this way because it grew from a village that originally had a popular market on Mondays. As of 2016, Dushanbe had a population of 802,700.

Historically a small village, Dushanbe was made the capital of the Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in 1924. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (Russian: Дюшамбе , Dyushambe), and from 1929 to 1961 as Stalinabad (Tajik: Сталинобод , Stalinobod), which was named after Joseph Stalin.