Spitamen District

Spitamen District
Russian: Спитаменский район
Tajik: Ноҳияи Спитамен
Location of Spitamen District in Tajikistan
Location of Spitamen District in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 40°09′N 69°22′E / 40.150°N 69.367°E / 40.150; 69.367
Country Tajikistan
RegionSughd Region
CapitalNavkat
Area
 • Total400 km2 (200 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total141,600
 • Density350/km2 (920/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (TJT)
Official languages

Spitamen District (Russian: Спитаменский район; Tajik: Ноҳияи Спитамен) is a district in north-central Sughd, Tajikistan, stretching across the province's narrow part from the border with Uzbekistan to the border with Kyrgyzstan.[3] Population 141,600 (2020 est.).[1] Formerly called Nau District (Russian: Науский район) or Nov District (Tajik: Nohiya-i Nov, Ноҳияи Нов; Persian: ناحیۀ ناو), it was renamed Spitamen district by a resolution of parliament in November 2003.[4] The district capital is Navkat, located south-west of Khujand.

The district is named after Spitamen who led the Sogdians in a revolt against the forces of Alexander the Great in 329-328 BCE.[5]

Administrative divisions

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The district has an area of about 400 km2 (200 sq mi) and is divided administratively into one town and six jamoats.[6] They are as follows:[7][8]

Jamoat Population (Jan. 2015)[7]
Navkat (town) 16,900[9]
Istiqlol 18,015
Khurramzamin
Kurush 26,469
Sarband 8,502
Tagoyak 16,224
Tursun Uljaboev 16,874

References

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  1. ^ a b "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  2. ^ "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  3. ^ Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe
  4. ^ Renaming of Nau district to Spitamen district, Parliamentary Resolution No. 460, Majlisi Milli Majlisi Oli, 23 November 2003 (in Russian).
  5. ^ B. Ghafurov, The Tajiks, Nauka Publ. House, Moscow (1972), pp. 93-97 (in Russian).
  6. ^ "Regions of the Republic of Tajikistan 2017" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. pp. 15–21. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  7. ^ a b Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 3 October 2020
  8. ^ Spitamen: A land that remembers the history of the nation…, in Tajik
  9. ^ "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. Retrieved 3 October 2020.