Nosiri Khusrav District Explained

Nosiri Khusrav District
Native Name:Russian: Район Носири Хусрав
Tajik: Ноҳияи Носири Хусрав
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Tajikistan
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Khatlon Region
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Bahori
Area Total Km2:800
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:39300
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset:+5
Coordinates:37.25°N 68°W
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Nosiri Khusrav District (Russian: Район Носири Хусрав/Носири-Хусравский район; Tajik: ноҳияи Носири Хусрав, Nohiya-i Nosiri Khusrav), is a district located in the south-western corner of Khatlon Region of Tajikistan on the Amu Darya. It shares borders with Uzbekistan to the west, Afghanistan to the south and the Shahrtuz District to the north and east.[2] The population of the district is 39,300 (January 2020 estimate).[3] Until 2004 it was called Beshkent District (Tajik: ноҳияи Бешкент); then renamed in honor of the 11th century Persian-Tajik poet Nosiri Khusrav (sometimes also Khisrav).[4] The district capital is Bahori, a village at the northernmost tip of the district.[2]

Beshkent is a lowland 70 kilometers in length and 5 kilometers in width—dry without any reliable source of water. beshkent is the warmest valley in Tajikistan, with average temperatures in January and July of 3 °C and 31 °C respectively. The annual average precipitation is 140 millimeters.[5]

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about 800km2 and is divided administratively into three jamoats.[6] They are as follows:[7]

JamoatPopulation (Jan. 2015)
11,796
9,820
13,935

Notes and References

  1. Web site: КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН . prokuratura.tj . Parliament of Tajikistan . 9 January 2020.
  2. Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2007, "Map Factory" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe, 2007
  3. Web site: Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020 . Statistics office of Tajikistan . 9 October 2020 . ru .
  4. http://whp057.narod.ru/hatlo.htm Beshkent District renamed Nosiri Khusrav District
  5. Historical Dictionary of Tajikistan, Kamoludin Abdullaev and Shahram Akbarzadeh. The Scarecrow Press, Inc., Lanham, Maryland, and London. 2002, p. 29
  6. Web site: Regions of the Republic of Tajikistan 2017 . Statistics office of Tajikistan . 12 October 2020 . ru. 15–21.
  7. http://untj.org/jambi-project/index.php/maps-statistics/demography Jamoat-level basic indicators