Mu'minobod, Tajikistan
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.
Mu'minobod Мӯъминобод | |
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Mu'minobod Location of Mu'minobod in Tajikistan | |
Coordinates: 38°06′30″N 70°01′45″E | |
Country | |
Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 13,000 |
Time zone | UTC+5 (Tajikistan Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (Tajikistan Time) |
Post index | 735365 |
Website | www |
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] |
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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
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.
Goat statue
Somoni statue
Ismoil Somoni, is remembered by an equestrian statue right in the middle of town.
Lenin statue
Constitution memorial
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
Mu'minobod has a hot, dry-summer continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dsa). 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 | |||||||||||||
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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 (72.0) |
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 (3.14) |
97.7 (3.85) |
137.7 (5.42) |
132.7 (5.22) |
110.3 (4.34) |
22.8 (0.90) |
9.8 (0.39) |
2 (0.1) |
2.8 (0.11) |
44.5 (1.75) |
56.3 (2.22) |
71.7 (2.82) |
768 (30.2) |
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
- Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January, State Statistical Committee, Dushanbe, 2012 (in Russian)
- Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe
- Census-1970)
- Census-1979
- Census-1989
- "population of Tajikistan on January 1, 2013" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 21, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
- "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of January 1, 2015. Message to the Statistics Agency under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 2, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
- "Climate of Kulob". Weatherbase.com. Weatherbase. Retrieved 9 December 2016.