Dusti
{{for|the district in southern Tajikistan|Dusti District}}
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{{langx|tg|Дӯстӣ}}
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- Russian (Interethnic)
- Tajik (State){{cite web |title=КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН |url=http://prokuratura.tj/ru/legislation/the-constitution-of-the-republic-of-tajikistan.html |website=prokuratura.tj |publisher=Parliament of Tajikistan |access-date=9 January 2020}}}}
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Dusti ({{langx|ru|Дусти}}; {{langx|tg|Дӯстӣ}}) is a town in Khatlon Region, southern Tajikistan, near the Afghan border. It is the seat of the Jayhun District. Its population is 18,800 (January 2020 estimate).{{cite web |url=http://stat.ww.tj/posts/July2020/macmua_20201.pdf |title=Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020 |publisher=Statistics office of Tajikistan |access-date=9 October 2020 |language=ru |archive-date=1 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601101228/http://stat.ww.tj/posts/July2020/macmua_20201.pdf |url-status=dead }} Under Soviet rule the town was named Molotovabad.{{Cite web|title=Molotovabad: Tajikistan |publisher=Geographic.org|url=http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-3520183&fid=6118&c=tajikistan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011020414/http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-3520183&fid=6118&c|archive-date=11 October 2012|url-status=live}}, source National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Transport
Dusti is located on north–south highway E123. It is served by a station on the national railway system.