Shahritus (before 2021 Shahrituz
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, now Шаҳритӯс ''Shahritŭs'') is a town in
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 ...
, southwestern
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 ...
. Situated on the river
Kofarnihon
The Kofarnihon (, ) is one of the major tributaries of the Amu Darya (together with Vakhsh and Panj) in Tajikistan. The river is long and has a basin area of . , the city was founded in 1938. Its population is 17,200 (January 2020 estimate).
It is the seat of the
Shahritus District.
Geography
Climate
Shahritus has a
cold semi-arid climate
Cold is the presence of low temperature, especially in the atmosphere. In common usage, cold is often a subjective perception. A lower bound to temperature is absolute zero, defined as 0.00K on the Kelvin scale, an absolute thermodynamic ...
(
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 ...
''BSk''). The average annual temperature is 17.2 °C (63.0 °F). The warmest month is July with an average temperature of and the coolest month is January with an average temperature of . The average annual precipitation is and has an average of 59.2 days with precipitation. The wettest month is March with an average of of precipitation and the driest month is August with an average of 0 mm of precipitation.
Transport
The railway crosses the river at this point.
See also
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Railway stations in Tajikistan
Railway stations in Tajikistan include:
The railroad system totals only 480 kilometers of track, all of it broad gauge. The system connects the main urban centers of western Tajikistan with points in neighboring Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. In 200 ...
References
External links
Jamoat's Understanding of Poor Households
Populated places in Khatlon Region
Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union
Populated places established in 1938
1938 establishments in the Soviet Union
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