Sughd Region
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Вилояти Суғд (in Tajik) Согдийская область (in Russian) | |
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Sughd Province (
Sogdiana, it is located in the northwest of the country, with an area of some 25,400 square kilometers and a population of 2,707,300 (2020 estimate),[1] up from 2,233,550 according to the 2010 census and 1,871,979 in 2000. The capital is Khujand. The Province's ethnic composition in 2010 was 84% Tajik, 14.8% Uzbek, 0.6% Kyrgyz, 0.4% Russian and 0.1% Tatar.[4]
The province shares a border with the
Ferghana Valley. The region has 29% of Tajikistan's population[1] and one-third of its arable land.[5] It produces two-thirds of the country's GDP.[6]
Economy
The economy of Sughd has been growing steadily since 2000, at the average rate of 13.2% in 2008 and 13.3% in 2009.[7] In 2009, farming, trade and industrial production contributed 28.2%, 25.8% and 14.0% to the GRP (gross regional product) of Sughd, respectively.[7] Since 2000, the output of industrial production increased two-fold, at an average annual growth rate of 5–8%.[7]
A free economic zone has been established in the region called Sughd Free Economic Zone.
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. | ||
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1979 | 1,194,683 | — | ||
1989 | 1,558,158 | +2.69% | ||
1999 | 1,871,979 | +1.85% | ||
2010 | 2,233,550 | +1.62% | ||
2020 | 2,707,300 | +1.94% | ||
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Source: Citypopulation[8] |
Cities
Sughd province counts the following 8 district-level cities (with population estimate as of 2020):[1]
- Buston(Chkalovsk) (34,000)
- Guliston(Kayrakkum) (18,000)
- Isfara (51,700)
- Istaravshan (Ura-Tyube) (65,600)
- Istiqlol (Taboshar) (17,600)
- Khujand (Leninabad) (183,600)
- Konibodom (52,500)
- Panjakent (43,300)
Districts
The province is divided into 10
nohiya or Russian: район, raion). Furthermore, several cities (shahr) also cover other towns (shahrak) and rural localities. These are listed under "city districts".[1]
Districts of Sughd
- Asht District
- Ayni District
- Devashtich District
- Ghafurov District
- Kuhistoni Mastchoh District
- Mastchoh District
- Spitamen District
- Jabbor Rasulov District
- Shahriston District
- Zafarobod District
City districts
See also
- Yaghnobi people
- Yagnob Valley
- Extreme points of Tajikistan
References
- ^ a b c d e "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "CensusInfo - Data". www.censusinfo.tj. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
- ^ Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan, statistical yearbook,State Statistical Committee, Dushanbe, 2008
- ^ Robert Middleton and Huw Thomas, 'Tajikistan and the High Pamirs', Odyssey Books, 2008, page 166
- ^ a b c Socio-economic situation of the Sughd oblast, Statistics Committee of Sughd oblast, Khujand: January–March 2010 (in Tajik and Russian)
- ^ "Tajikistan: Provinces". www.citypopulation.de.