Shahrinav District
Russian: Шахринавский район
Tajik: Ноҳияи Шаҳринав
Location of the district in Tajikistan
Location of the district in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 38°35′N 68°25′E / 38.583°N 68.417°E / 38.583; 68.417
Country Tajikistan
RegionDistricts of Republican Subordination
CapitalShahrinav
Area
 • Total1,000 km2 (400 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total123,000
 • Density120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5
Official languages
Websiteshahrinav.tj

Shahrinav District (Tajik: Ноҳияи Шаҳринав Nohiyai Shahrinav; Russian spelling; Shakhrinav) is a district in Tajikistan, one of the Districts of Republican Subordination. It lies between Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe and Uzbekistan. The Shahrinav District borders on the city of Tursunzoda in the west, the city of Hisor in the east, and Rudaki District in the south. It is delimited by the Gissar Range in the north and is part of the fertile Gissar Valley. Its capital is Shahrinav, a village 30 km west of Dushanbe. The population of the district is 123,000 (January 2020 estimate).[2]

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about 1,000 km2 (400 sq mi) and is divided administratively into one town and six jamoats.[3] They are as follows:[4]

Jamoat Population (Jan. 2015)[4]
Mirzo Tursunzoda (town) 6,900[5]
Boghiston 9,331
Chust 17,135
Hasanov 26,990
Istiqlol 15,463
Sabo 17,557
Shahrinav 11,123

References

  1. ^ "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Regions of the Republic of Tajikistan 2017" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. pp. 17, 21. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  4. ^ a b Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 13 October 2020
  5. ^ "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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