Istaravshan
Istaravshan
Истаравшан استروشن | |
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  Istaravshan Location in Tajikistan | |
| Coordinates: 39°54′39″N 69°00′23″E / 39.91083°N 69.00639°E | |
| Country |  Tajikistan |
| Province | Sughd Province |
| Elevation | 992 m (3,255 ft) |
| Population (2019)[2] | |
| • Total | 64,600 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 |
Istaravshan (Tajik: Истаравшан; Persian: استروشن) is a city in Sughd Province in Tajikistan. Located in the northern foothills of the Turkistan mountain range, 78 kilometers southwest of Khujand, Before 2000, it was known as Ура́-Тюбе (Ura-Tyube) in Russian, Ӯротеппа (Ūroteppa) in Tajik and O‘ratepa in Uzbek.[3] In 2000, the Tajik authorities decided to rename the name of the city from O‘ratepa into Istaravshan, the process called as forced "Tajikization" or "Persification" by many.
Bordered by Uzbekistan in the north and west, and Kyrgyzstan in the east, the territorial area of Istaravshan stretches 1,830 square kilometers, and with an administrative population of 199,000 people, the majority of its citizens live in the outlying countryside.
The city lies on the main road connecting Tajikistan's two largest cities, Khujand and Dushanbe.
39°54′39″N 69°00′23″E / 39.91083°N 69.00639°E
Climate
Istaravshan has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk). There is more rainfall in winter than in summer. The average annual temperature in Istaravshan is 12.2 °C (54.0 °F). About 485 mm (19.09 in) of precipitation falls annually.
| Climate data for Istaravshan | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.2 (37.8) |
5.3 (41.5) |
11.2 (52.2) |
18.9 (66.0) |
24.5 (76.1) |
30.2 (86.4) |
32.8 (91.0) |
31.4 (88.5) |
26.7 (80.1) |
19.1 (66.4) |
11.2 (52.2) |
5.4 (41.7) |
18.3 (65.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5 (23) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
1.8 (35.2) |
7.6 (45.7) |
11.5 (52.7) |
15.3 (59.5) |
17.3 (63.1) |
15.3 (59.5) |
10.3 (50.5) |
5.3 (41.5) |
0.7 (33.3) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
6.2 (43.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 56 (2.2) |
53 (2.1) |
81 (3.2) |
80 (3.1) |
60 (2.4) |
12 (0.5) |
6 (0.2) |
1 (0.0) |
6 (0.2) |
38 (1.5) |
38 (1.5) |
54 (2.1) |
370 (14.6) |
| Source: climate-data | |||||||||||||
Istaravshan on stamps
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Stamps of Tajikistan, 2002 -
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Stamps of Tajikistan, 2002 -
Stamps of Tajikistan, 2002
See also
References
- ^ "Climate of Vose'". Weatherbase.com. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ "Population size, Republic of Tajikistan on January 1, 2019" (PDF) (in Tajik). Tajikistan Statistics Agency. 2019. p. 18. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ "Istaravshan". Caravanistan. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
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