Spitamen District
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. Population 141,600 (2020 est.). 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. 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.
Administrative divisions
The district has an area of about 400 km (200 sq mi) and is divided administratively into one town and six jamoats. They are as follows:
| Jamoat | Population (Jan. 2015) |
|---|---|
| Navkat (town) | 16,900 |
| Istiqlol | 18,015 |
| Khurramzamin | |
| Kurush | 26,469 |
| Sarband | 8,502 |
| Tagoyak | 16,224 |
| Tursun Uljaboev | 16,874 |
References
- ^ "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe
- ^ Renaming of Nau district to Spitamen district, Parliamentary Resolution No. 460, Majlisi Milli Majlisi Oli, 23 November 2003 (in Russian).
- ^ B. Ghafurov, The Tajiks, Nauka Publ. House, Moscow (1972), pp. 93-97 (in Russian).
- ^ "Regions of the Republic of Tajikistan 2017" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. pp. 15–21. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 3 October 2020
- ^ Spitamen: A land that remembers the history of the nation…, in Tajik
- ^ "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.
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