Roghun (russian: Рогун; tg, Роғун; fa, راغون) is a city in
Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
. The city was the seat of the former
Roghun District, and is part of the
. Its population is estimated at 14,900 for the city proper and 44,100 for the city with the outlying communities (2020).
Subdivisions
Before ca. 2018, Roghun was the seat of
Roghun District, which covered the rural part of the present city of Roghun.
The city of Roghun covers Roghun proper, the town
Obigarm and two
jamoats.
These are as follows:
[Jamoat-level basic indicators]
United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 8 October 2020
Climate
Roghun has a
continental Mediterranean climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...
(
Köppen: ''Dsb'') and experiences wet and cold winters with dry cool summers. The average annual temperature is . The hottest month is July with an average temperature of and the coldest month is January with an average temperature of . The average annual precipitation is and there is an average of 84.5 days with precipitation. The wettest month is March with an average of of precipitation and the driest month is August with an average of of precipitation.
See also
*
Roghun Dam
Notes
References
Populated places in Districts of Republican Subordination
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