Levakant (; , Kalininabad (Калилининобод) until February 1996, Sarband (Сарбанд) until January 2018), is a city in south-west
Tajikistan
Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...
. It is part of
Khatlon Region
Khatlon Region (), one of the four provinces of Tajikistan, is the most populous of the four first-level administrative regions in the country. It is situated in the southwest of the country, between the Hisor Range, Hisor (Gissar) Range in the n ...
, located just east of the regional capital
Bokhtar and about 120 km south of the national capital
Dushanbe
Dushanbe is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 1,564,700, with this population being largely Tajiks, Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe, and from 1929 to 1961 as St ...
. The
Golovnaya Dam on the river
Vakhsh lies directly to its east.
Its population is estimated at 17,700 for the city proper and 48,300 for the city with the outlying communities (2020).
Levakant is home to Tajikistan's only fertilizer manufacturing plant, ''Tajik Azot''.
Climate
Levakant has a
hot-summer Mediterranean climate
A Mediterranean climate ( ), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as ''Cs'', is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude). Such climates typic ...
(
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...
''Csa'').
Subdivisions
Before ca. 2018, Levakant was the seat of
Sarband District, which covered the present city of Levakant.
The city of Levakant covers Levakant proper and two
jamoats. These are as follows:
[Jamoat-level basic indicators]
United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 8 October 2020
See also
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List of cities in Tajikistan
References
Populated places in Khatlon Region
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