{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Levakant |native_name = Левакант |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |image_seal = |image_map = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Tajikistan |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_mapsize = 280 |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Tajikistan |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name = 25px Tajikistan |subdivision_name1 = Khatlon Region |subdivision_type2 = |subdivision_name2 = |established_title = |established_date = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |area_magnitude = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_land_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_urban_km2 = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of=2020 |population_footnotes = |population_total =17700 |population_urban = 48300 |population_metro = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_density_km2 = |timezone = |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|37|52|N|68|55|E|region:TJ|display=it}} |elevation_footnotes= |elevation_m = 672 |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = | blank1_name_sec2 = {{nowrap|Official languages}} | blank1_info_sec2 = {{plainlist| *Russian (Interethnic) *Tajik (State)<ref name="КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН">{{cite web |title=КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН |url=http://prokuratura.tj/ru/legislation/the-constitution-of-the-republic-of-tajikistan.html |website=prokuratura.tj |publisher=Parliament of Tajikistan |access-date=9 January 2020}}</ref>}} |website = |footnotes = }}
'''Levakant''' ({{langx|ru|Левакант}}; {{langx|tg|Левакант}}, '''Kalininabad''' (Калилининобод) until February 1996, '''Sarband''' (Сарбанд) until January 2018),<ref>[http://prezident.tj/en/node/16945 Renaming of a number of cities, districts and settlements of Khatlon Province]</ref> is a city in south-west Tajikistan. It is part of Khatlon Region, located just east of the regional capital Bokhtar and about 120 km south of the national capital Dushanbe.<ref>''Republic of Tajikistan'', map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe</ref> 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).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stat.ww.tj/posts/July2020/macmua_20201.pdf |title=Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020 |publisher=Statistics office of Tajikistan |accessdate=8 October 2020 |language=ru |archive-date=15 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315232607/http://stat.ww.tj/posts/July2020/macmua_20201.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Levakant is home to Tajikistan's only fertilizer manufacturing plant, ''Tajik Azot''.
==Climate== Levakant has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification ''Csa''). {{Weather box|location = Sarband |metric first = Y |single line = Y
|Jan high C = 7.9 |Feb high C = 11.0 |Mar high C = 16.7 |Apr high C = 23.8 |May high C = 29.4 |Jun high C = 35.4 |Jul high C = 37.1 |Aug high C = 35.5 |Sep high C = 31.0 |Oct high C = 24.6 |Nov high C = 16.9 |Dec high C = 10.5
|Jan low C = -1.1 |Feb low C = 1.0 |Mar low C = 5.9 |Apr low C = 11.3 |May low C = 15.1 |Jun low C = 18.6 |Jul low C = 20.1 |Aug low C = 18.1 |Sep low C = 13.1 |Oct low C = 8.6 |Nov low C = 3.9 |Dec low C = 0.9
|Jan precipitation mm = 43 |Feb precipitation mm = 52 |Mar precipitation mm = 77 |Apr precipitation mm = 55 |May precipitation mm = 35 |Jun precipitation mm = 3 |Jul precipitation mm = 0 |Aug precipitation mm = 0 |Sep precipitation mm = 0 |Oct precipitation mm = 14 |Nov precipitation mm = 26 |Dec precipitation mm = 39 |year precipitation mm= 344
|source = [https://en.climate-data.org/location/28046/ Climate-data.org] |date=27 August 2018}}
==Subdivisions== Before ca. 2018, Levakant was the seat of Sarband District, which covered the present city of Levakant.<ref name=pop2015>{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.tj/ru/img/65a709121baf8a64bf15d33f398aafde_1435736807.pdf |title=Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2015 |publisher=Statistics office of Tajikistan |accessdate=3 October 2020 |language=ru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702021130/http://www.stat.tj/ru/img/65a709121baf8a64bf15d33f398aafde_1435736807.pdf|archive-date=2 July 2015}}</ref> The city of Levakant covers Levakant proper and two jamoats. These are as follows:<ref name=jambi>[http://untj.org/jambi-project/index.php/maps-statistics/demography Jamoat-level basic indicators], United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 8 October 2020</ref>
{| class="wikitable" sortable" |- ! Jamoat ! Population (Jan. 2015)<ref name=jambi/> |- | Guliston || 18,151 |- | Vahdat || 8,040 |}
==See also== *List of cities in Tajikistan
==References== {{reflist}}
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Category:Populated places in Khatlon Region
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