Istaravshan

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City in Sughd Province, Tajikistan

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Istaravshan (; ) is a city in Sughd Province in Tajikistan. In 2000, the Tajik government changed the name of the city from Uroteppa (; Ura-Tyube, ).

The city lies in the northern foothills of the Turkistan mountain range, 78 kilometers southwest of Khujand, on the main road connecting Tajikistan's two largest cities, Khujand and Dushanbe. Bordered by Uzbekistan in the north and west, and Kyrgyzstan in the east, Istaravshan's administrative area encompasses 1,830 square kilometers and a population of 273,500 people. Most of them (76%) live in the outlying countryside.

Istaravshan is one of central Asia's oldest towns of commerce and crafts. The city celebrated its 2,500th birthday in the year 2002. It was one of three proposed locations for ancient Cyropolis, which was built on the north-eastern outskirts of the Achaemenid Empire by the king Cyrus in the 6th century B.C.

Climate

Istaravshan has a continental Mediterranean climate (Köppen Dsa). The average annual temperature in Istaravshan is 12.2 °C. There is more rainfall in winter than in summer, and about 400 mm of precipitation falls annually.

|metric first=yes |single line=yes |precipitation colour=green |width=auto |location=Istaravshan, 1961–1990 |Jan high C = 4.1 |Feb high C = 5.4 |Mar high C = 10.2 |Apr high C = 17.5 |May high C = 23.1 |Jun high C = 29.0 |Jul high C = 31.1 |Aug high C = 29.7 |Sep high C = 25.0 |Oct high C = 17.9 |Nov high C = 11.7 |Dec high C = 6.9 |year high C = |Jan low C = -5.9 |Feb low C = -4.3 |Mar low C = 0.9 |Apr low C = 7.2 |May low C = 11.4 |Jun low C = 15.7 |Jul low C = 17.8 |Aug low C = 16.0 |Sep low C = 11.0 |Oct low C = 5.3 |Nov low C = 0.7 |Dec low C = -2.9 |year low C = |Jan precipitation mm = 33.9 |Feb precipitation mm = 38.0 |Mar precipitation mm = 71.0 |Apr precipitation mm = 81.7 |May precipitation mm = 52.5 |Jun precipitation mm = 15.2 |Jul precipitation mm = 9.0 |Aug precipitation mm = 3.8 |Sep precipitation mm = 6.7 |Oct precipitation mm = 28.5 |Nov precipitation mm = 29.8 |Dec precipitation mm = 31.5 |year precipitation mm = |unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm |Jan precipitation days = 10 |Feb precipitation days = 12 |Mar precipitation days = 14 |Apr precipitation days = 16 |May precipitation days = 14 |Jun precipitation days = 8 |Jul precipitation days = 5 |Aug precipitation days = 4 |Sep precipitation days = 4 |Oct precipitation days = 8 |Nov precipitation days = 9 |Dec precipitation days = 10 |year precipitation days= |source 1 = World Meteorological Organization

Subdivisions

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Gourd_from_Istaravchan,_Tajikistan,_10th_century,_National_Museum_of_Tajikistan.jpg" caption="Gourd from Istaravchan, Tajikistan, 10th century CE, [[National Museum of Tajikistan]]."] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Vase_with_Kufic_inscription_al-Yumn_(Felicity),_10-11th_century_CE,_Istaravchan,_Tajikistan,National_Museum_of_Antiquities_of_Tajikistan(941-3442).jpg" caption="Vase with Kufic inscription al-Yumn (Felicity), 10-11th century CE, Istaravchan, Tajikistan, [[National Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan]] (941-1442)"] ::

Before ca. 2018, Istaravshan was the seat of Istaravshan District, which covered the rural part of the present city of Istaravshan. The city of Istaravshan covers Istaravshan proper and ten jamoats.

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JamoatPopulation (Jan. 2015)
Chorbogh16,488
Gul-i Surkh42,582
Jawkandak10,200
Nijānī10,350
Nāfarāj10,875
Pāshkent19,746
Qal'acha-i Kalān15,433
Qal'a-i Baland9,820
Sabristān (Frunze)16,822
Zarhalāl30,683
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Istaravshan on stamps

File:Stamps of Tajikistan, 031-02.jpg|Stamps of Tajikistan, 2002 File:Stamps of Tajikistan, 032-02.jpg|Stamps of Tajikistan, 2002 File:Stamps of Tajikistan, 033-02.jpg|Stamps of Tajikistan, 2002 File:Stamps of Tajikistan, 034-02.jpg|Stamps of Tajikistan, 2002

Notable people

References

References

  1. "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020". Statistics office of Tajikistan.
  2. "Climate of Vose'".
  3. "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". Parliament of Tajikistan.
  4. "Istaravshan".
  5. "Istaravshan". Samarkand Tours Operator.
  6. "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2015". Statistics office of Tajikistan.
  7. These are as follows:[http://untj.org/jambi-project/index.php/maps-statistics/demography Jamoat-level basic indicators], United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 3 October 2020

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