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Kulob

Also known as Kulyab

Kulob is a city in Khatlon province in southern Tajikistan, centre of a historic region east of the Vakhsh river. Once a province of the Emirate of Bukhara, the region was in the civil war of 1992–1997 the base of the Popular Front that brought Emomali Rahmon, a native of the area, to power. People from Kulob have since dominated the country's leadership.

Kulob
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Tajikistan

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kulob. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kulob
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