Jomi District

Jomi District (Tajik: Ноҳияи Абдураҳмони Ҷомӣ) is a district in Khatlon Region of Tajikistan, located north of the regional capital Qurghonteppa (Bokhtar).[1] The population of the district is 175,800 (January 2020 estimate).[2] Called Kuybyshevskiy District in Soviet times, then Hojamaston District until 2004, and finally renamed Jomi District[3] in honor of the 15th century Persian Poet Abdurahman Jami (Tajik: Ҷомӣ, transliterated as Jomi in Tajiki).[4] The district capital is the town Abdurahmoni Jomi (former name: Kuybyshevsk).

Jomi District

Ноҳияи Абдураҳмони Ҷомӣ
Location in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 37°56′45″N 68°48′42″E
Country Tajikistan
RegionKhatlon Region
CapitalAbdurahmoni Jomi
Area
  Total597 km2 (231 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total175,800
  Density290/km2 (760/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5
Websitejomi.tj

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about 600 km2 (200 sq mi) and is divided administratively into one town and seven jamoats.[5] They are as follows:[6]

Jamoat Population (Jan. 2015)[6]
Abdurahmoni Jomi (town)12,700[7]
Aral
Dusti18,192
Iftikhor14,223
Ittifoq20,008
Kalinin19,411
50-Solagii Tojikiston18,247
Yakkatut24,690

References

  1. Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe (in Russian)
  2. "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  3. Renaming Hojamaston District to Jomi District Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  4. Abdurahman Jami Archived 2009-04-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  5. "Regions of the Republic of Tajikistan 2017" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. pp. 15–21. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  6. Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 8 October 2020
  7. "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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