Roghun (; ) is a city in
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 ...
. The city was the seat of the former
Roghun District, and is part of the
Districts of Republican Subordination
Districts under Tajikistan Central Government Jurisdiction, also translated as Districts of Republican Subordination or Districts under Republic(an) Subordination (; , Latin Tajik alphabet: ), is a region in Tajikistan, consisting of 9 distric ...
. 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
Obigarm (; ) is a town in Tajikistan. It is part of the city of Roghun in Districts of Republican Subordination.''Republic of Tajikistan'', map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe The ...
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
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: ''Dsb'') and experiences wet and cold winters with dry warm (although rather cool by subtropical standards) 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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