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Name
Indicators
Territory, km2
15 250
Population
Population density, per/km2
190,1
Total number of people
2 898 500
Women, per
1 447 000
74

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Name
Indicators
Men, per
1 451 500
Urban population, per
1 427 500
Rural population, per
1 471 000
Educational institutions
Primary schools
870
Secondary professional (colleges)
120
Academic lyceums
6
Higher education institutions
2
Medical institutions
Hospitals
81
State clinics
9,9
Infrastructure, km
Transport
Car roads
3 964
Railways
391
Airport
Social
(was
commissioned)
Gas pipelines, km
0,3
Water supply 
networks, km
161
255. 
The main sectors of agriculture include cotton growing, grain growing, meat and dairy 
farming, horticulture and viticulture, poultry farming and sericulture. The main industries are 
electric power, non-ferrous metallurgy, machine building, metalworking, fuel (oil and gas), 
chemical and gas chemical, building materials, and light and food industry.
4.9 
S u rkh a n d a rya P rovince
Geography and topography
256. 
Surkhandarya province is located in the south of the nation, in the Surkhan-Sherabad 
valley. It borders in the south along the Amudarya river with Afghanistan, in the northeast with 
Tajikistan, in the southwest with Turkmenistan, and in the northwest with Kashkadarya 
province. The territory of the province is 20,100 km2. It is stretched mainly from the north to 
the south for almost 200 kilometers, and from west to east for 140 kilometers. The central 
and southern parts are the plain bordered in the north by the Gissar ridge, in the west and 
north-west by its spurs - the Baysuntau and Kugitangtau, in the east - by the Babatag ridge, 
in the south - by the Amudarya valley.
Climate
257. 
The climate prevailing in Surkhandarya province is continental. Summer is hot and 
dry, maximum air temperatures in the summer months (July-August) reach +48-50 °С, and 
on the soil surface 60-70°C. The province is characterized by mild and short winters. Average 
monthly temperatures in January, the coolest month, range from 2.1 to 3.3°С. Average 
absolute minimum recorded temperature in the province is between -23 and -25°С. The 
duration of the frost-free period is 240-270 days (sometimes 300-320 days). Total annual 
precipitation is low (350-400 mm). Due to high temperature and low humidity, evaporation 
exceeds precipitation more than ten times at some locations.