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Attractions in Dushanbe
TOURISM The National library of Tajikistan

The National Library of Tajikistan is considered the largest library
in Central Asia. An object of the National Cultural Heritage of
Tajikistan, library serves as a storage room for the documents
and archives of national printed materials. The library is located
in the downtown area of Dushanbe. The building is 167 meters
long and 52 meters high. The total area of the building is 44,078
km sq. The central part of the building facade embodies an
opened book. The library is equipped with 25 functioning reading
halls with a total capacity of 1,500 seats, 28 book storage rooms
for storing 10 million books and other sources of information,
9 conference halls with a total capacity of 1,200 seats for
organizing any type of events, 3 show rooms and 36 offices.
The library has 3 large show rooms categorized under the
following names: «The Museum of a Book», «Books issued
within the independence era» and «New Books»

CONTACTS: Dushanbe, 5 Tehron St.
Tel: (37) 221-51-60; 221-89-56, 221-04-10
e-mail: info@kmt.tj / www.kmt.tj

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