Balkh, Tajikistan
Balkh
Балх | |
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Balkh (Tajik: Балх), before 2017: Kolkhozobod or Kolkhozabad (Russian transliteration),[3] is a town in Tajikistan and not to be confused with the ancient city of Balkh (Bactra) located in modern-day northern Afghanistan, after which the town was named in 2017. It is the administrative capital of Jaloliddin Balkhi District (Kolkhozobod district until June 2007) in the south-west of Khatlon Region.
The population of Balkh in 2020 is estimated at 19,000.[4]
Historical names
The settlement was called Tugalang between 1882–1934 and Kaganovichabad between 1934 and 1957. The name Kolkhozabad (Russian version) or Kolkhozobod (Tajik version) was in use until 1991, when the town was renamed imeni Isoeva,
A location with the same name (Kolkhozabad) exists also in
Geography
Climate
Balkh has a
Climate data for Kolkhozobod | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.1 (37.6) |
5.9 (42.6) |
11.6 (52.9) |
18.0 (64.4) |
23.0 (73.4) |
27.8 (82.0) |
29.2 (84.6) |
27.0 (80.6) |
22.3 (72.1) |
16.8 (62.2) |
10.7 (51.3) |
5.8 (42.4) |
16.8 (62.2) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 37.9 (1.49) |
42.6 (1.68) |
67.1 (2.64) |
45.5 (1.79) |
24.8 (0.98) |
1.2 (0.05) |
0.5 (0.02) |
0.1 (0.00) |
0.3 (0.01) |
8 (0.3) |
20.1 (0.79) |
31.3 (1.23) |
279.4 (11.00) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 9.8 | 10.2 | 12.3 | 9.9 | 7.1 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 5.7 | 9.2 | 70 |
Average relative humidity (%)
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74.0 | 70.7 | 67.8 | 63.4 | 51.8 | 35.9 | 33.8 | 35.0 | 37.9 | 48.3 | 60.8 | 71.3 | 54.2 |
Source: "The Climate of Kolkhozobod". Weatherbase. Retrieved 2 August 2014. |
References
- ^ a b "Climate of Kolkhozobod". Weatherbase.com. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Renaming of several populated places in the districts of Jaloliddin Balkhi, Khovaling and Yovon, Khatlon Region" (in Russian). 16 February 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ District capital names Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2015" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ The curious story of the name Kolkhozabad in Tajikistan's Pamir region (in Russian)