Country Tajikistan Elevation 349 m Local time Monday 8:06 PM | District Ghafurov District Population 38,500 (2007) Province Sughd Region | |
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Weather 15°C, Wind E at 21 km/h, 44% Humidity | ||
Qayraqqum or Qayroqqum, also Kayrakkum (Tajik: Қайроққум) is a town in north-western Tajikistan. It is located in Ghafurov District of Sughd Province, at the western tip of the Kayrakum (Qayroqqum) Reservoir. Qayroqqum is a city of provincial subordination, administratively subordinated to the provincial capital of Khujand, not to the district capital of Ghafurov.
Map of Kairakum, Tajikistan
The population of Qayroqqum in 2007 is estimated at 12,500 for the city proper and 38,500 for the city with the outlying communities.
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