Ghafurov District
Ghafurov District
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 Location of Ghafurov District in Tajikistan | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan |
| Region | Sughd Region |
| Capital | Ghafurov |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,700 km2 (1,000 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 380,500 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (TJT) |
Ghafurov District (Russian: Гафуровский район; Tajik: Ноҳияи Ғафуров, romanized: Nohiyayi Ghafurov) is a district in the northern part of Sughd Region, Tajikistan. Its capital is Ghafurov, a town in the south of the district. The district surrounds, but does not include the cities Khujand (the regional capital), Istiqlol (in the north), Buston (formerly Chkalovsk, in the south), and Guliston (formerly Kayrakkum), also in the south, which gave its name to the adjacent Kayrakkum Reservoir.[2]
The district has a population of 380,500 (as of 2020), with 95% classified as rural.[1] It produced 19,500 tons of raw cotton in 2007, accounting for 16% of total cotton production in Sughd province and nearly 5% of Tajikistan's cotton production.[3]
Administrative divisions
[edit | edit source]The district has an area of about 2,700 km2 (1,000 sq mi) and is divided administratively into one town and eleven jamoats.[4] They are as follows:[5]
| Jamoat | Population (Jan. 2015)[5] |
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| Ghafurov (town) | 18,400[6] |
| Chashmasor | 10,275 |
| Dadoboy Kholmatov | 12,966 |
| Goziyon | 18,760 |
| Haidar Usmonov | 37,017 |
| Isfisor | 39,590 |
| Ismoil | 19,844 |
| Khistevarz | 52,758 |
| Ovchi Kalacha | 21,585 |
| Unji | 45,760 |
| Yova | 40,297 |
| Zarzamin | 12,744 |
References
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- ^ Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe
- ^ Cotton in Tajikistan 2007-2007, State Committee of Statistics, Dushanbe, 2008 (in Russian)
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- ^ a b Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 3 October 2020
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
