Asht District

Asht District or Nohiya-i Asht (Tajik: Ноҳияи Ашт) is a district in the northernmost tip of Sughd Region, Tajikistan, bordering on Uzbekistan to the north, the east, and the south. Its capital is the town Shaydon.[2] The population of the district is 168,100 (January 2020 estimate).[1]

Asht District
District
Location of Asht District in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 40°45′N 70°25′E
Country Tajikistan
RegionSughd Region
CapitalShaydon
Area
 • Total2,800 km2 (1,100 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total168,100
 • Density60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (TJT)

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about 2,800 km2 (1,000 sq mi) and is divided administratively into one town and eight jamoats.[3] They are as follows:[4]

Jamoat Population (Jan. 2015)[4]
Shaydon (town)15,300[5]
Asht21,409
Iftikhor11,201
Mehrobod13,123
Oriyon17,487
Oshoba21,260
Ponghoz28,532
Punuk8,841
Shodoba8,990

References
  1. "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  2. Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojjikoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe
  3. "Regions of the Republic of Tajikistan 2017" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. pp. 15–21. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  4. Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 2 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. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
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