Khatlon Region

Coordinates: 37°50′N 69°00′E / 37.833°N 69.000°E / 37.833; 69.000
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Khatlon
Вилояти Хатлон (
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Khatlon Region (

Kyzylsu and Yakhsu river valleys. The two regions were merged in November 1992 into today's Khatlon Region (or viloyat/oblast). The capital city is Bokhtar, formerly known as Qurghonteppa and Kurgan-Tyube.[3]

Khatlon has an area of 24,700 square kilometres and consists of 21 districts and 4 district-level cities. The total population of Khatlon in 2020 was 3,348,300,[4] up from 2,677,251 in the 2010 population census. The population in Khatlon is mainly engaged in agriculture.

History

Tomb of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani

During the

Sughd (Leninabad). Collectivisation of agriculture was implemented aggressively in the early 1930s, to expand cotton cultivation in Tajikistan as a whole, with particular emphasis on the southern part of the republic. The process included violations against peasants, substantial expansion of the irrigation network, and forcible resettlement of mountain peoples and people from Uzbekistan to the lowlands.[5]

The results of this policy are to be seen in the ethnic composition of Salua oblast as well as in the fact that the Tajik population identifies themselves either as

Civil War in Tajikistan
. Khatlon oblast suffered the heaviest damage in Tajikistan.

Since the conflicts leading to the civil war were never really resolved, tensions in the region still exist. The eastern part –

Garmis.[6]

The Kulyab clan is based in Khatlon.

Dzhamshed Karimov and Abudzhalil Khamidov, the Chairman of the Leninabad Oblast executive committee, resigned.[8]

Administrative divisions

The Khatlon Region is subdivided into 21 districts and 4 district-level cities: Kulob, Levakant, Norak and Bokhtar. The districts are:[4]

Demography

Bokhtar Bazar

In 2010, the ethnic composition of the Khatlon region was 81.8% Tajik, 12.9% Uzbek, 0.5% Turkmen and 4.6% other.

Tajiks, 13% Uzbeks, 2% others. In Bokhtar the breakdown is 59% Tajiks, 32% Uzbeks and 3% Russians
.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1979 1,220,949—    
1989 1,701,380+3.37%
1999 2,150,136+2.37%
2010 2,677,251+2.01%
2020 3,348,300+2.26%
Source: Citypopulation[10]

Terrorist attack

Main article:
Terrorist attack against cyclists in Tajikistan

On 29 July 2018, four cyclists, two Americans, one Dutch national and one Swiss national, were killed by a hit and run driver while three others were injured. Officials said the terrorists rammed into the group before getting out and attacking them with knives. 4 suspects were killed by security forces and 1 suspect was arrested.[11][12][13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  2. ^ "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  3. ^ Borjian, H., “Khatlon”, Encyclopaedia Iranica. Volume 16, Issue 4, 2018, pp. 437-439. [1]
  4. ^ a b "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.
  5. Washington
    : 1997. pp. 197–290.
  6. ^ Borjian, Habib, Kurgan Tepe, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online Archived 2019-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Ethnic groups at risk: The status of Tajiks Heritage Society
  8. ^ Tajikistan: Central Asian Powderkeg Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine The Jamestown Foundation
  9. ^ "CensusInfo - Data". www.censusinfo.tj. Retrieved 2019-09-09.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Tajikistan: Provinces". www.citypopulation.de.
  11. ^ Sang, Lucia Suarez (August 1, 2018). "US cyclists killed in ISIS-claimed attack in Tajikistan identified". Fox News.
  12. ^ "Four Foreign Cyclists Killed in Southern Tajikistan". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 30 July 2018.
  13. ^ "'Slachtoffer bevestigt aanval op buitenlandse toeristen Tadzjikistan'". 30 July 2018.
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