Levakant


Levakant, Kalininabad until February 1996, Sarband until January 2018, is a city in south-west Tajikistan. It is the administrative capital of Sarband district in Khatlon Province, located just east of the provincial capital Bokhtar and about 120 km south of the national capital Dushanbe. The Golovnaya Dam on the Vakhsh River lies directly to its east.
The population of Sarband in 2007 was estimated to be at 12,800.
Sarband is home to Tajikistan's only fertilizer manufacturing plant, Tajik Azot.

Climate

Levakant has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate.