Kairakkum

Kairakkum

 

a city (settlement until 1963) in Leninabad Oblast, Tadzhik SSR; situated on the bank of the Kairakkum Reservoir, 8 km from the Leninabad railroad station on the Khavast-Kokand line. Population, 10, 000 (1970). It is the site of the Kairakkum Hydroelectric Power Plant. Kairakkum has carpet, flour milling, and house-building combines, a reinforced-concrete structural components plant, and a fishing industry. A house of rest and a tourist center are also located there.