Jomi District (Russian: Район Абдурахмана Джами; Tajik: Ноҳияи Абдураҳмони Ҷомӣ) is a district in Khatlon Region of Tajikistan, located north of the regional capital Bokhtar.[2] The population of the district is 175,800 (January 2020 estimate).[3] Called Kuybyshevskiy District in Soviet times, then Hojamaston District until 2004, and finally renamed Jomi District[4] in honor of the 15th century Persian Poet Abdurahman Jami (Tajik: Ҷомӣ, transliterated as Jomi in Tajiki).[5] The district capital is the town Abdurahmoni Jomi (former name: Kuybyshevsk).
Jomi District
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 Location in Tajikistan | |
| Coordinates: 37°56′45″N 68°48′42″E / 37.94583°N 68.81167°E | |
| Country |  Tajikistan |
| Region | Khatlon Region |
| Capital | Abdurahmoni Jomi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 597 km2 (231 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 175,800 |
| • Density | 290/km2 (760/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 |
| Official languages | |
| Website | jomi |
Administrative divisions
editThe district has an area of about 600 km2 (200 sq mi) and is divided administratively into one town and seven jamoats.[6] They are as follows:[7]
| Jamoat | Population (Jan. 2015)[7] |
|---|---|
| Abdurahmoni Jomi (town) | 12,700[8] |
| Aral | |
| Dusti | 18,192 |
| Iftikhor | 14,223 |
| Ittifoq | 20,008 |
| Kalinin | 19,411 |
| 50-Solagii Tojikiston | 18,247 |
| Yakkatut | 24,690 |
References
edit- ^ "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 (in Russian)
- ^ "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ Renaming Hojamaston District to Jomi District Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ Abdurahman Jami Archived 2009-04-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ "Regions of the Republic of Tajikistan 2017" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. pp. 15–21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ a b Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 8 October 2020
- ^ "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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