Mu'minobod, Tajikistan

Mu'minobod
Мӯъминобод
Mu'minobod
Location of Mu'minobod in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 38°06′30″N 70°01′45″E / 38.10833°N 70.02917°E / 38.10833; 70.02917Coordinates: 38°06′30″N 70°01′45″E / 38.10833°N 70.02917°E / 38.10833; 70.02917
Country  Tajikistan
Population (2015)[1]
 • Total 13,000
Time zone UTC+5 (Tajikistan Time)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+5 (Tajikistan Time)
Post index 735365
Website www.muminobod.tj

Mu'minobod, also known as Muminabad (Tajik: Мӯъминобод), Leningradskiy or Leningrad[2] (Tajik: Ленинград) is a location in south Tajikistan. It is the administrative capital of the Muminobod District in the eastern part of Khatlon Province, located north-east of the city of Kulob, not far from the Panj River and the international border with Afghanistan.

Population

The population of Mu'minobod is yearly estimated at by the State Committee of Statistics,

Year 1970[3] 1979[4] 1989[5] 2013[6] 2015[7]
Population 12 625 6920 9764 12 700 13 000

Infrastructure

South of Mu'minobod, there is a reservoir, storing water for irrigation. It is released in late summer, beginning of autumn.

Culture

Museum

The town has a town museum.

Mosques

Grand Mosque of Mu'minobod

The Grand Mosque is located centrally in a park.

Sport

In the Stadium of Mu'minobod, many sporting events are carried out, and holidays are celebrated.

Memorials and Statues

Various statues and memorials are placed in the city centre, mainly to remember national events and personalities.

World War II memorial

The memorial par in remembrance of the heroes of the second world war features a fountain.

Somoni statue

Ismoil Somoni, is remembered by an equestrian statue right in the middle of town.

Transport

Although there is no official public transport, the town can be reached in 45 minutes by a shared car from Kulob for 10 somoni (2017).

Ahead of a visit by the president, the first traffic light was installed in the middle of town.

Tourism

A scenic place, 1 hour by car North of town, is the Childuxtaron Nature Reserve.

Climate

The Köppen Climate Classification sub-type for Kulob is "Dfb" or a Warm Summer Continental or Hemiboreal climate. The average annual temperature is 9.7 °C (49.5 °F). The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 22.2 °C (72.0 °F) and the coolest month is January with an average temperature of -4.0 °C (24.8 °F). The average annual precipitation is 767.1 mm (30.2") and has an average of 78.3 days with precipitation. The wettest month is March with an average of 137.2 mm (5.4") of precipitation and the driest month is August with an average of 2.5 mm (0.1") of precipitation.[8]

Climate data for Mu'minobod
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Daily mean °C (°F) −4
(25)		 −1.9
(28.6)		 3.8
(38.8)		 10.5
(50.9)		 14.3
(57.7)		 19
(66)		 22.2
(72)		 21.3
(70.3)		 16.4
(61.5)		 10.7
(51.3)		 4.6
(40.3)		 −0.4
(31.3)		 9.7
(49.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 79.7
(3.138)		 97.7
(3.846)		 137.7
(5.421)		 132.7
(5.224)		 110.3
(4.343)		 22.8
(0.898)		 9.8
(0.386)		 2
(0.08)		 2.8
(0.11)		 44.5
(1.752)		 56.3
(2.217)		 71.7
(2.823)		 768
(30.24)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 7.2 9 12.1 12.4 11 4.2 2.4 0.8 1.3 4.9 5.7 7.3 78.3
Average relative humidity (%) 70.6 70 66.2 63.2 57.9 42.9 36.1 36.2 39.6 49.4 58.8 66.4 54.8
Source: "The Climate of Mu'minobod, Tajikistan". Weatherbase. Retrieved 9 December 2016.


See also

References

  1. ↑ Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January, State Statistical Committee, Dushanbe, 2012 (in Russian)
  2. ↑ Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe
  3. ↑ Census-1970)
  4. ↑ Census-1979
  5. ↑ Census-1989
  6. ↑ population of Tajikistan on January 1, 2013
  7. ↑ Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of January 1, 2015. Message to the Statistics Agency under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan.
  8. ↑ "Climate of Kulob". Weatherbase.com. Weatherbase. Retrieved 9 December 2016.


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