Dushanbe Zoo

Dushanbe Zoo
Main Entrance
Interactive map of Dushanbe Zoo
38°35′06″N 68°46′19″E / 38.58500°N 68.77194°E / 38.58500; 68.77194
Date opened1960
LocationDushanbe, Tajikistan
No. of animals600

Dushanbe Zoo or Dushanbe Zoological Park (Russian: Душанбинский зоопарк, romanizedDushanbinskiy zoopark; Tajik: Боғи Ҳайвоноти Душанбе, romanizedBoği Hayvonoti Dushanbe) was founded in 1960 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The zoo is located in the center of the city on the Luchob river bank (on Ismoili Somoni Avenue), next to the Pamir Stadium, and measures roughly twice the size of the stadium.