Hamadoni District
Russian: Район Мир Сайид Алии Хамадони
Tajik: Ноҳияи Ҳамадони
District
Coordinates: 37°39′24″N 69°37′45″E / 37.65667°N 69.62917°E / 37.65667; 69.62917
Country Tajikistan
RegionKhatlon Region
CapitalMoskovskiy
Area
 • Total500 km2 (200 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total148,800
 • Density300/km2 (770/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5
Official languages
Websitehttp://www.hamadoni.tj/ (in Russian and Tajik)

Hamadoni District (Russian: Район Мир Сайид Алии Хамадони; Tajik: Ноҳияи Ҳамадони, Persian: همدانی) is a district in the south-east of Khatlon Region of Tajikistan, located south of Kulob and stretching along a section of the Panj on the border with Afghanistan. Between 1950 and 2004 it was called Moskovskiy town,[2] then renamed in honor of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, a 14th-century Persia Great Islamic preacher, traveller, poet, and scholar who preached Islam in different parts of world, and is buried in Khatlon.

The district capital is Moskovskiy or Moskva (Tajik: Маскав).[3] The population of the district is 148,800 (January 2020 estimate).[4]

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about 500 km2 (200 sq mi) and is divided administratively into one town and seven jamoats.[5] They are as follows:[6]

Jamoat Population (Jan. 2015)[6]
Moskovskiy (town) 22,500[7]
Chubek 18,490
Dashtigulo 19,331
Mehnatobod 21,816
Panjob 10,418
Panjrud 13,092
Qahramon 18,294
Turdiev 10,385

References

  1. ^ "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  2. ^ Moskovskiy town renamed Hamadoni district Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, 2004 (in Russian)
  3. ^ Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe
  4. ^ "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Regions of the Republic of Tajikistan 2017" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. pp. 15–21. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  6. ^ a b Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 9 October 2020
  7. ^ "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2015" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2015.


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