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== Tourism ==
== Tourism ==
A scenic place, one hour by car North-West of town, is the Childuxtaron Nature Reserve.
A scenic place, one hour by car North-West of town, is the Childuxtaron Nature Reserve.

== Services ==
There is a post office in town.


== Climate ==
== Climate ==

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Mu'minobod
Мӯъминобод
Mu'minobod is located in Tajikistan
Mu'minobod
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; 70.02917
Country Tajikistan
RegionKhatlon
DistrictMu'minobod
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total
14,100
Time zoneUTC+5 (Tajikistan Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (Tajikistan Time)
Post index
735365
Websitewww.muminobod.tj

Mu'minobod (Template:Lang-tg), previously known as Muminabad (Template:Lang-ru), Leningradskiy or Leningrad[2] (Template:Lang-tg) is a settlement 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. The population of the town is 14,100 (January 2020 estimate).[3]

Population

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

Year 1970[4] 1979[5] 1989[6] 2013[7] 2015[8]
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 park in remembrance of the heroes of the Second World War features a fountain.

Goat statue

The goat statue at the entrance of town was removed in 2018, after residents complained being called to live in "that goat place".[9]

Somoni statue

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

Lenin statue

The head of Lenin rests on a pedestal in front of a building opposite the postal office.

Constitution memorial

At the traffic light, where the road to Childuxtaron departs from the one leading to the market, there is a memorial of the Constitution of Tajikistan.

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, one hour by car North-West of town, is the Childuxtaron Nature Reserve.

Services

There is a post office in town.

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.[10]

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
(72.0)
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

  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. ^ "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  4. ^ Census-1970)
  5. ^ Census-1979
  6. ^ Census-1989
  7. ^ "population of Tajikistan on January 1, 2013" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 21, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ RadioFreeEurope (2018): "Monumental Scapegoat: Tajik Villagers, Embarrassed By Statue, Put It Out To Pasture"
  10. ^ "Climate of Kulob". Weatherbase.com. Weatherbase. Retrieved 9 December 2016.