Districts under Central Government Jurisdiction
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Districts under Tajikistan Central Government Jurisdiction, also translated as Districts of Republican Subordination or Districts under Republic(an) Subordination (
romanized: Nohiyahoyi tobe'i jumhurî, Latin Tajik alphabet: Nohijahoji toвe’i çumhurī), formerly called Karotegin Province, is a region in Tajikistan, consisting of 9 districts and 4 district-level cities that are directly under central administration.[3] Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, is surrounded by the Districts under Central Government Jurisdiction, but not part of it. The region covers an area of 28,500 square kilometres, and has a total population of 2,165,900 (2020).[3] The Districts' ethnic composition in 2010 was 85% Tajik and 11.7% Uzbek.[4]
History
The Districts under Central Government Jurisdiction cover much of the territory of the former Gharm Oblast which was dissolved in 1955. They were formerly known as Karotegin Region.
Districts
The Districts under Central Government Jurisdiction cover 9 districts. The districts are:[3]
- Fayzobod District
- Lakhsh District (formerly Jirgatol District)
- Nurobod District (formerly Darband District)
- Rasht District (formerly Gharm District)
- Rudaki District (formerly Leninskiy District)
- Sangvor District (formerly Tavildara District)
- Shahrinav District (formerly Qaratogh District)
- Tojikobod District (formerly Qalai Labi Ob District)
- Varzob District
District cities
- Vahdat (formerly Kofarnihon)
- Tursunzoda (formerly Regar)
- Hisor
- Roghun
Geography
The plateau is traversed by the river
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. | ||
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| 1979 | 757,976 | — | ||
| 1989 | 1,083,043 | +3.63% | ||
| 1999 | 1,337,479 | +2.13% | ||
| 2010 | 1,722,908 | +2.33% | ||
| 2020 | 2,165,900 | +2.31% | ||
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Culture
References
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ a b c "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "CensusInfo - Data". www.censusinfo.tj. Retrieved 2019-09-09.[permanent dead link]
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Karateghin". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 677.
- ^ "Tajikistan: Provinces". www.citypopulation.de.
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