Konibodom (, ; ) is a city in the

Sughd Region Sughd Province, also referred to as the Sogdia Region, and Leninabad before 2001, is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces that make up Tajikistan. Centered in the historical Sogdiana, it is located in the north ...

of northern

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, in western

Fergana Valley The Fergana Valley (also commonly spelled the Ferghana Valley) in Central Asia crosses eastern Uzbekistan, southern Kyrgyzstan and northern Tajikistan. Encompassing three former Republics of the Soviet Union, Soviet republics, the valley is e ...

. It has a population of 54,400 (2022 est.).

Etymology

The city was mentioned in Sogdian documents recovered from the Qal'a-yi Mugh archaeological site under the name ''Kand'', and was later mentioned in the

Baburnama The ''Bāburnāma'' (; ) is the memoirs of Babur, Ẓahīr-ud-Dīn Muhammad Bābur (1483–1530), founder of the Mughal Empire and a great-great-great-grandson of Timur. It is written in the Chagatai language, known to Babur as ''Türki'' "Turkic ...

and

Habib al-Siyar The ''Ḥabīb al-siyar fī akhbār afrād al-bashar'' (; "The beloved of careers reporting on the multitudes of people") is a universal history by the Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' ...

under the name ''Kand-i Bādām'' (). It was first mentioned under its modern name, ''Kān-i Bādām'' (), in the historical works of

Khanate of Kokand The Khanate of Kokand was a Central Asian polity in the Fergana Valley centred on the city of Kokand between 1709 and 1876. It was ruled by the Ming tribe of Uzbeks. Its territory is today divided between Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, a ...

Geography

Climate

Konibodom has a hot, dry-summer

continental climate Continental climates often have a significant annual variation in temperature (warm to hot summers and cold winters). They tend to occur in central and eastern parts of the three northern-tier continents (North America, Europe, and Asia), typi ...

(

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''Dsa''). The average annual temperature is 14 °C (57.2 °F). The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 27.4 °C (81.3 °F) and the coolest month is January with an average temperature of −0.6 °C (30.9 °F). The average annual precipitation is 465.5mm (18.3") and has an average of 68.9 days with precipitation. The wettest month is March with an average of 77.7mm (3.1") of precipitation and the driest month is August with an average of 1.9mm (0.08") of precipitation.

Subdivisions

Before ca. 2018, Konibodom was the seat of Konibodom District, which covered the rural part of the present city of Konibodom. The city of Konibodom covers Konibodom proper and six jamoats. These are as follows:Jamoat-level basic indicators
United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 3 October 2020

Notable people

Sa'diniso Hakimova Sa'diniso Hafizovna Hakimova (sometimes known as Sofia or Safia Hakimova) (; December 20, 1924 – October 12, 2015) was a Tajikistani obstetrician and gynecologist. Hakimova was born in the village of Puledon in Konibodom. In 1943 she graduated fr ...

, obstetrician and gynecologist * Lutfi Zohidova, ballet dancer *Namat Karabaev, the first

Hero of the Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union () was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society. The title was awarded both ...

from a

Soviet republic A soviet republic (from ), also called council republic, is a republic in which the government is formed of soviets (workers' councils) and politics are based on soviet democracy. During the Revolutions of 1917–1923, various revolutionary ...

. *

Mukarrama Qosimova Mukarrama Nabievna Qosimova (16 January 1933 – 2 October 2020) was a Tajikistani linguist and academic. Biography Born into a family of workers in Konibodom, Qosimova graduated from the Department of History and Philology at Tajikistan State ...

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