Rudaki District

Rudaki District (Tajik: Ноҳияи Рӯдакӣ Nohiyai Rudaki) is a district in Tajikistan, one of the Districts of Republican Subordination. It stretches south from Dushanbe, bordering on Shahrinav District, the city of Hisor, and Varzob District from the north and northwest, Tajikistan's Khatlon Region from the south and the east, and Uzbekistan from the west. Its administrative capital is Somoniyon, a southern suburb of Dushanbe, called Leninsky in the Soviet period.[1] The population of the district is 518,200 (January 2020 estimate).[2]

For other uses, see Rudaki (disambiguation).
Rudaki District

(Tajik: Ноҳияи Рӯдакӣ)
Location of the district in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 38°21′N 68°37′E
Country Tajikistan
RegionDistricts of Republican Subordination
CapitalSomoniyon
Area
 • Total1,800 km2 (700 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total518,200
 • Density290/km2 (750/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5
Websitenrudaki.tj

A border guard training center is located here, used by the Tajik Border Troops.[3] In October 2013, the Tajik Interior Ministry opened a new police station in the district.[4]

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about 1,800 km2 (700 sq mi) and is divided administratively into three towns and thirteen jamoats.[5] They are as follows:[6]

Jamoat Population (Jan. 2015)[6]
Navobod (town)9,100[7]
Somoniyon (town)22,600[7]
Mirzo Tursunzoda (town)17,900[7]
Chimteppa45,221
Chorgulteppa37,551
Chorteppa32,076
Choryakkoron
Esanboy20,072
Guliston41,130
Kiblai13,860
Lohur20,047
Rohati32,152
Rossiya31,030
Sarikishti38,474
Sultonobod16,066
Zainabobod36,844

References
  1. Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe
  2. "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  3. "OSCE supports training for Tajik border guard services on refugees and asylum issues | OSCE". www.osce.org. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  4. "In Rudaki district opened a new territorial police station". www.vkd.tj. Archived from the original on 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  5. "Regions of the Republic of Tajikistan 2017" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. pp. 17, 21. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  6. Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 13 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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