Bokhtar

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Bokhtar (), previously known as Qurghonteppa, Kurganteppa and Kurgan-Tyube, is a city in southwestern Tajikistan, which serves as the capital of the Khatlon region. Bokhtar is the largest city in southern Tajikistan, and is located 100 km south of Dushanbe and 150 km north of Kunduz, Afghanistan.

Population

In 2019, the city's population was estimated at 110,800, making it the third-largest city in the country. The population fluctuates depending on the season, due to the many Tajik migrant workers in Russia.

Along with the capital Dushanbe, Bokhtar is more demographically diverse than the other major Tajik cities such as Khujand, Kulob or Istaravshan.Borjian, Habib, “Kurgan Tepe”, Encyclopaedia Iranica. Online edition 2005. https://www.academia.edu/8194468/Kurgan_Tepe Major ethnicities include Tajiks, Uzbeks, Russians, Pashtuns, Tatars, Ukrainians, Kazakhs and other Turkic peoples. The city had a large number of ethnic Russians who worked in the industrial and agricultural complexes in and around the city, during the existence of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic.

Bokhtar is a stronghold of Emomali Rahmon's political opponents.

Overview

During the civil war in Tajikistan, Bokhtar (then Qurghonteppa) became the epicenter of conflict by the summer of 1992, and was seriously damaged. Many of the local Kulobi and Uzbeks were forced to flee in 1992, following attacks by the pro-opposition Gharmi forces.

The city was officially renamed from Qurghonteppa to Bokhtar on 22 January 2018. The name change was one of many in Tajikistan targeting places whose names derive from the Uzbek and Kyrgyz languages.

Near Bokhtar are the ruins of a Buddhist monastery complex called Ajina Tepe, believed to be built in the 7th or 8th centuries CE. It features a 12-meter-long image of Buddha in Nirvana.

Bokhtar International Airport provides flights to a handful of cities in Tajikistan, Russia and Kazakhstan.

File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi and the President of Tajikistan, Mr. Emomali Rahmon in a group photo with the personnel of the India-Tajik Friendship Hospital, in Quarghan Teppa, Dushanbe, Tajikistan on July 13, 2015.jpg|Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon with personnel of the India-Tajik Friendship Hospital in Bokhtar, 13 July 2015. File:Qurghonteppa,bazar1.jpg|Bokhtar Bazaar File:Qurghonteppa 2010 01.jpg|Taxi station in Bokhtar File:Манзараи шаҳри Бохтар.jpg|Bokhtar library

Climate

Bokhtar has a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk), with cool winters and very hot summers. Precipitation is quite low. It is highest in the spring, while summers are very dry.

Notable people

Sergei Mandreko (1971-2022) - football coach
Nurudin N. Mukhitdinov (1959-) - politician

Trivia

Finnish electronic duo Pan Sonic have a track entitled "Radio Qurghonteppa" on their 2010 farewell album Gravitoni.

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References

Агентии омори назди Президенти Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон. "ШУМОРАИ АҲОЛИИ ҶУМҲУРИИ ТОҶИКИСТОН ТО 1 ЯНВАРИ СОЛИ 2022".
"КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". Parliament of Tajikistan.
"Переименование ряда городов, районов и селений Хатлонской области {{!}} Президенти Тоҷикистон - President of Tajikistan - Президент Таджикистана - رئيس جمهورية تاجيكستان".
[http://ismaili.net/mirrors/112_tajik/tajkethn.html Ethnic groups at risk: The status of Tajiks] Heritage Society
(November 22, 2012). "Memories of the Tajik Civil War".
"Renaming of a number of cities, districts and settlements of Khatlon Province | Президенти Тоҷикистон - President of Tajikistan - Президент Таджикистана - رئيس جمهورية تاجيكستان".
(1 July 2023). "Tajik authorities continue renaming cities and districts". Asia-Plus.
"Kurgan Tube".
"Kurgan-Tyube,Tajikistan". Climatebase.ru.
"Climate Normals for Kurgan-Tjube". [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]].
"Pan Sonic - Gravitoni".

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