Jilikul ( tg, Ҷиликӯл) is a village and

jamoat The jamoats of Tajikistan (russian: джамоаты, dzhamoaty; tg, ҷамоати деҳот, jamoati dehot, "village communes") are the third-level administrative divisions, similar to communes or municipalities, in the Central Asian country o ...

in the

Khatlon Region Khatlon Region ( tg, Вилояти Хатлон, ''Viloyati Xatlon''), one of the four provinces of Tajikistan ( tg, вилоят, ''Viloyat''), is the most populous of the four first level administrative regions. It is situated in the southwes ...

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

. It is the seat of the

Dusti District Dusti District (russian: Район Дусти; tg, Ноҳияи Дӯстӣ, before 2016: ''Jilikul District'') is a district in Khatlon Region, Tajikistan. Its capital is the village Jilikul Jilikul ( tg, Ҷиликӯл) is a village and ja ...

(formerly: ''Jilikul District''). It is located in the southwestern portion of Tajikistan approximately 117km (73 miles) from

Dushanbe Dushanbe ( tg, Душанбе, ; ; russian: Душанбе) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 863,400 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (ru ...

. The jamoat has a total population of 25,382 (2015).Jamoat-level basic indicators
United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 15 October 2020

Geography

Climate

Jilikul has a

cold semi-arid climate A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of semi-a ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, nota ...

''BSk''). The average annual temperature is 17.2°C (63°F). The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 29.9°C (85.8°F) and the coolest month is January with an average temperature of 3.2°C (37.8°F). The average annual precipitation is 264.2mm (10.4") and has an average of 66 days with precipitation. The wettest month is March with an average of 64.6mm (2.5") of precipitation and the driest month is August with an average of 0mm of precipitation.

References

Populated places in Khatlon Region {{Tajikistan-geo-stub