Hamadoni District

Hamadoni District (Tajik: Ноҳияи Ҳамадони, Persian: همدانی‎) is a district in the south-east of Khatlon Region of Tajikistan, located south of Kulob and stretching along a section of the Panj on the border with Afghanistan. Between 1950 and 2004 it was called Moskovskiy District,[1] then renamed in honor of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, a 14th-century Persia Great Islamic preacher, traveller, poet, and scholar who preached Islam in different parts of world, and is buried in Khatlon.

Hamadoni District

Tajik: Ноҳияи Ҳамадони
Coordinates: 37°39′24″N 69°37′45″E
RegionKhatlon Region
CapitalMoskovskiy
Area
 • Total500 km2 (200 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total148,800
 • Density300/km2 (770/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5

The district capital is Moskovskiy or Moskva (Tajik: Маскав).[2] The population of the district is 148,800 (January 2020 estimate).[3]

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about 500 km2 (200 sq mi) and is divided administratively into one town and seven jamoats.[4] They are as follows:[5]

Jamoat Population (Jan. 2015)[5]
Moskovskiy (town)22,500[6]
Chubek18,490
Dashtigulo19,331
Mehnatobod21,816
Panjob10,418
Panjrud13,092
Qahramon18,294
Turdiev10,385

References
  1. Moskovskiy district renamed Hamadoni district Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, 2004 (in Russian)
  2. Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe
  3. "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  4. "Regions of the Republic of Tajikistan 2017" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. pp. 15–21. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  5. Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 9 October 2020
  6. "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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