Levakant
Levakant (Tajik: Левакант), Kalininabad (Калилининобод) until February 1996, Sarband (Сарбанд) until January 2018[1], is a city in south-west Tajikistan. It is the administrative capital of Sarband district in Khatlon Province, located just east of the provincial capital Bokhtar and about 120 km south of the national capital Dushanbe.[2] The Golovnaya Dam on the Vakhsh River lies directly to its east.
Levakant Левакант | |
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  Levakant Location in Tajikistan | |
| Coordinates: 37°52′N 68°55′E | |
| Country |  |
| Province | Khatlon |
| Elevation | 672 m (2,205 ft) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 12,800 |
The population of Sarband in 2007 was estimated to be at 12,800.[3]
Sarband is home to Tajikistan's only fertilizer manufacturing plant, Tajik Azot.
Climate
Levakant has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa).
| Climate data for Sarband | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 7.9 (46.2) |
11.0 (51.8) |
16.7 (62.1) |
23.8 (74.8) |
29.4 (84.9) |
35.4 (95.7) |
37.1 (98.8) |
35.5 (95.9) |
31.0 (87.8) |
24.6 (76.3) |
16.9 (62.4) |
10.5 (50.9) |
23.3 (74.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −1.1 (30.0) |
1.0 (33.8) |
5.9 (42.6) |
11.3 (52.3) |
15.1 (59.2) |
18.6 (65.5) |
20.1 (68.2) |
18.1 (64.6) |
13.1 (55.6) |
8.6 (47.5) |
3.9 (39.0) |
0.9 (33.6) |
9.6 (49.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 43 (1.7) |
52 (2.0) |
77 (3.0) |
55 (2.2) |
35 (1.4) |
3 (0.1) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
14 (0.6) |
26 (1.0) |
39 (1.5) |
344 (13.5) |
| Source: Climate-data.org | |||||||||||||
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See also
References
- Renaming of a number of cities, districts and settlements of Khatlon Province
- Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe
- Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2008, State Committee of Statistics, Dushanbe, 2008 (in Russian)
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