Anzob#Anzob Pass

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Anzob (Tajik: Анзоб) is a village and jamoat in north-west Tajikistan. It is located in Ayni District in Sughd Region, in the Zarafshan Range, about {{convert|110|km}} north of Dushanbe.{{cite book|last1=Middleton|first1=Robert|last2=Thomas|first2=Huw|last3=Whitlock|first3=Monica|author4=Hauser, Markus |title=Tajikistan and the High Pamirs: A Companion and Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BOoVAQAAMAAJ|access-date=27 May 2013|date=30 June 2008|publisher=Odyssey|isbn=978-962-217-773-4|page=127}} The jamoat has a total population of 8,238 (2015).[http://untj.org/jambi-project/index.php/maps-statistics/demography Jamoat-level basic indicators], United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 5 October 2020 It is located on the M34 highway and in the Yaghnob River valley. Anzob has a mining and beneficiation complex.{{cite book|title=Ukraine Mining Laws and Regulations Handbook: Strategic Information, Basic Laws and Regulations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LAAAERTw0BwC&pg=PA246|access-date=27 May 2013|date=4 February 2013|publisher=Int'l Business Publications|isbn=978-1-4387-7840-2|page=246}}

The Jamoat consists of 23 villages, including Takfon (the seat), Anzob, Bidev, Dehbaland, Dumzoy, Gharmayn, Kashi, Khishortob, Kiryonti, Marghtumayn, Nomitkon, Piskon, Qul, Tagichinor and Waghinzoy.[http://tojkiston.ucoz.ru/index/dzhamoat_anzob/0-96 Jamoat Anzob], tojkiston.ucoz.ru

Anzob Pass

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The Anzob Pass to the south, about {{convert|90|km}} north of Dushanbe at roughly {{convert|11000|ft}}, is one of the most treacherous mountain passes of Central Asia. On October 23, 1997, an avalanche killed 46 people, burying 15 trucks and cars.{{cite book|last=Davis|first=Lee|title=Natural Disasters|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CRzMOYIuLJEC&pg=PA21|access-date=27 May 2013|date=1 January 2009|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-1878-9|page=21}} The avalanche was so large that it took two weeks for the would-be rescuers to reach the victims. Due to the importance of the route connecting the north to south and its level of danger, the {{convert|5|km}} Anzob Tunnel was built.{{cite book|last1=Abdullaev|first1=Kamoludin|last2=Akbarzaheh|first2=Shahram|title=Historical Dictionary of Tajikistan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mC9RsIYy8m8C&pg=PA61|access-date=27 May 2013|date=27 April 2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-6061-2|page=61}} Although construction was delayed due to electricity faults and other problems, the tunnel was completed in 2006.{{cite book|last=Jonson|first=Lena|title=Tajikistan in the New Central Asia: Geopolitics, Great Power Rivalry and Radical Islam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hLi9oJMT5B8C&pg=PA90|access-date=27 May 2013|date=3 October 2006|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-1-84511-293-6|page=90}}

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