Vorukh

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'''Vorukh''' (Russian and Tajik: Ворух; {{langx|sog|Wārōx}}) is a jamoat in northern Tajikistan that forms part of the city of Isfara in Sughd Region. {{As of|2022}}, the jamoat had a total population of 45.000.<ref name=jambi>[http://untj.org/jambi-project/index.php/maps-statistics/demography Jamoat-level basic indicators], United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 3 October 2020</ref> It is an exclave surrounded by the Batken Region of Kyrgyzstan.

==History and territorial conflicts== {{See also|Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan border|2021 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes}} [[File:Txu-oclc-6654394-nj-42-4th-ed.jpg|left|thumb|Map headed 'Stalinabad' (Dushanbe) including Vorukh (square XK, top right).]] Vorukh is the name of a village and one of two exclaves of Tajikistan within the Batken Province of Kyrgyzstan. There are three Tajik enclaves (including the Sarvan exclave surrounded by Uzbekistan), which were products of several border adjustments during the Stalin administration.

Due to the inherent territorial restrictions of the exclave, violent conflicts over land ownership, access to pasture, and shared water resources have become more common, as logistical complications within this densely populated and impoverished region have also given rise to economic concern.

The location of the border of the enclave is disputed by the Tajik and Kyrgyz governments, and has led to hundreds of clashes in the areas between communities and border forces over the years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-tajikistan-exclaves-vorukh-tensions/25232311.html |title=Small Exclave Spells Big Problems For Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan |publisher=Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty |access-date=January 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> In April 2013 an argument between Vorukh residents and Kyrgyz labourers escalated into a fight, ultimately involving several hundred people, when Vorukh residents objected to the building of a new road that would bypass the enclave. In May 2013 Kyrgyzstan and Tajik officials met to address the ongoing tensions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/12926 |title=Eurasian specialist warns that Central Asia's ethnic enclaves are 'heating up' |publisher=Stratrisks |access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref> In April and May 2021 the region once again brought tensions between the two countries, and at least 31 people were killed in the fighting.<ref>{{Cite news|date=30 April 2021|title=Deadly fighting on Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border kills at least 31|work=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-56940011|access-date=1 May 2021}}</ref> Brief clashes also occurred there in January 2022.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |date=27 January 2022 |title=Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan: Troops engaged in sustained gun battle along contested border |url=https://eurasianet.org/tajikistan-kyrgyzstan-troops-engaged-in-sustained-gun-battle-along-contested-border |access-date=13 February 2025 |work=eurasianet}}</ref>

==Climate== Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as dry-summer continental (Dsa).<ref name="Climate-Data.org">{{Cite web |url=http://en.climate-data.org/location/28041/ |title=Climate: Vorukh - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table |publisher=Climate-Data.org |access-date=2014-01-18 }}</ref>

{{Weather box |width = auto |metric first=yes |single line=yes |location=Vorukh |Jan high C=0.0 |Feb high C=2.1 |Mar high C=8.6 |Apr high C=17.0 |May high C=22.4 |Jun high C=27.9 |Jul high C=30.7 |Aug high C=29.7 |Sep high C=24.8 |Oct high C=17.0 |Nov high C=8.5 |Dec high C=2.3

|source 1= ''Climate-Data.org'' (altitude: 1379m)<ref name="Climate-Data.org"/> }}

==References== {{reflist}}

==See also== *List of enclaves and exclaves *Kayragach, the other Tajikistan exclave in Kyrgyzstan *Sarvan, a Tajikistan exclave in Uzbekistan *Shohimardon, an Uzbekistan exclave in Kyrgyzstan *Sokh, an Uzbekistan exclave in Kyrgyzstan

Category:Populated places in Sughd Region Category:Jamoats of Tajikistan Category:Enclaves and exclaves in Central Asia

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