Mu'minobod

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FieldValue
official_nameMu'minobod
native_nameМӯъминобод
map_captionLocation of Mu'minobod in Tajikistan
pushpin_mapTajikistan
coordinates
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subdivision_nameTajikistan
subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name1Khatlon
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Mu'minobod
population_total14,100
population_as_of2020
population_density_km2auto
population_density_sq_miauto
website
timezoneTajikistan Time
utc_offset+5
timezone_DSTTajikistan Time
utc_offset_DST+5
postal_code_typePost index
postal_code735365
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Mu'minobod (), previously known as Muminabad (), Leningradskiy or Leningrad () is a settlement in south Tajikistan. It is the administrative capital of the Mu'minobod 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).

Population

The population of Mu'minobod is yearly estimated by the State Committee of Statistics, ::data[format=table] | Year | 1970 | 1979 | 1989 | 2013 | url=http://www.stat.tj/ru/img/65a709121baf8a64bf15d33f398aafde_1435736807.pdf |title=Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of January 1, 2015. Message to the Statistics Agency under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan. |access-date=November 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702021130/http://www.stat.tj/ru/img/65a709121baf8a64bf15d33f398aafde_1435736807.pdf |archive-date=July 2, 2015 |url-status=dead }} | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 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

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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".

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.

|metric first = y |single line = y | Jan mean C = -4 | Feb mean C = -1.9 | Mar mean C = 3.8 | Apr mean C = 10.5 | May mean C = 14.3 | Jun mean C = 19 | Jul mean C = 22.2 | Aug mean C = 21.3 | Sep mean C = 16.4 | Oct mean C = 10.7 | Nov mean C = 4.6 | Dec mean C = -0.4 |year mean C = 9.7 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 79.7 |Feb precipitation mm = 97.7 |Mar precipitation mm = 137.7 |Apr precipitation mm = 132.7 |May precipitation mm = 110.3 |Jun precipitation mm = 22.8 |Jul precipitation mm = 9.8 |Aug precipitation mm = 2 |Sep precipitation mm = 2.8 |Oct precipitation mm = 44.5 |Nov precipitation mm = 56.3 |Dec precipitation mm = 71.7 |year precipitation mm = 768 |Jan humidity = 70.6 |Feb humidity = 70 |Mar humidity = 66.2 |Apr humidity = 63.2 |May humidity = 57.9 |Jun humidity = 42.9 |Jul humidity = 36.1 |Aug humidity = 36.2 |Sep humidity = 39.6 |Oct humidity = 49.4 |Nov humidity = 58.8 |Dec humidity = 66.4 |year humidity = 54.8 |unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm |Jan precipitation days = 7.2 |Feb precipitation days = 9 |Mar precipitation days = 12.1 |Apr precipitation days = 12.4 |May precipitation days = 11 |Jun precipitation days = 4.2 |Jul precipitation days = 2.4 |Aug precipitation days = 0.8 |Sep precipitation days = 1.3 |Oct precipitation days = 4.9 |Nov precipitation days = 5.7 |Dec precipitation days = 7.3 |source 1 = | url = http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=605179&cityname=Mu%27minobod-Tajikistan | title = The Climate of Mu'minobod, Tajikistan | publisher = Weatherbase | accessdate = 9 December 2016}}

References

References

  1. ''Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January, State Statistical Committee, Dushanbe, 2012'' {{in lang. ru
  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". Statistics office of Tajikistan.
  4. [http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/ussr70_reg2.php Census-1970)]
  5. [http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/ussr79_reg2.php Census-1979]
  6. [http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng89_reg2.php Census-1989]
  7. "population of Tajikistan on January 1, 2013".
  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.".
  9. [https://www.rferl.org/a/tajik-villagers-butt-heads-over-cloven-hoofed-statue-put-it-out-to-pasture/29517244.html RadioFreeEurope (2018): "Monumental Scapegoat: Tajik Villagers, Embarrassed By Statue, Put It Out To Pasture"]
  10. "Climate of Kulob". Weatherbase.

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