Dushanbe is a large city of approx. 1 million people (if it helps, imagine Dr. Evil with his pinkie to his lip saying "one MILLion").
The elevation sits close to 2,200 feet and approx. 97% of the country is mountains (leaving only 3% flat enough for a city like Dushanbe).
The fact that it's a high, mountainous, dry region, we expected to see little in the way of greenery (like in Bend, OR), and expected lots of evergreens and dirt.
Well, there's a lot of dirt that blows in from the mountains! However, there are a TON of trees, plants, shrubs, and grass. Banana plants can be found growing throughout the city and very large trees line the main road Rudaki Ave.
Main park.
Lots of hybiscus and Rose of Sharon grow here.
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