Ghafurov District

Ghafurov District (Tajik: Ноҳияи Ғафуров, romanized: Nohiyayi Ghafurov) is a district in the northern part of Sughd Region, Tajikistan. Its capital is Ghafurov, a town in the south of the district. The district surrounds, but does not include the cities Khujand (the regional capital), Istiqlol (in the north), Buston (formerly Chkalovsk, in the south), and Guliston (formerly Kayrakkum), also in the south, which gave its name to the adjacent Kayrakkum Reservoir.[2]

Ghafurov District
District
Location of Ghafurov District in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 40°22′N 69°48′E
Country Tajikistan
RegionSughd Region
CapitalGhafurov
Area
 • Total2,700 km2 (1,000 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total380,500
 • Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (TJT)

The district has a population of 380,500 (as of 2020), with 95% classified as rural.[1] It produced 19,500 tons of raw cotton in 2007, accounting for 16% of total cotton production in Sughd province and nearly 5% of Tajikistan's cotton production.[3]

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about 2,700 km2 (1,000 sq mi) and is divided administratively into one town and eleven jamoats.[4] They are as follows:[5]

Jamoat Population (Jan. 2015)[5]
Ghafurov (town)18,400[6]
Chashmasor10,275
Dadoboy Kholmatov12,966
Goziyon18,760
Haidar Usmonov37,017
Isfisor39,590
Ismoil19,844
Khistevarz52,758
Ovchi Kalacha21,585
Unji45,760
Yova40,297
Zarzamin12,744

References
  1. "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  2. Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe
  3. Cotton in Tajikistan 2007-2007, State Committee of Statistics, Dushanbe, 2008 (in Russian)
  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 3 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. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
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