Darvoz District Explained

Darvoz District
Settlement Type:District
Native Name:Russian: Дарвазский район
Tajik: بخش دروازه
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Tajikistan
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Qal'ai Khumb
Area Total Km2:2824.5
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:24,000
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:TJT
Utc Offset:+5
Coordinates:38.5°N 115°W
Elevation M:4484
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:736400
Area Code:+992 3552
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Darvoz District (Russian: Дарвазский район, Tajik: Ноҳияи Дарвоз Nohiyai Darvoz) is a district in Tajikistan, located at the extreme north-west of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region. It borders on Afghanistan to the south, along the Panj, and within Tajikistan on Khatlon Region to the west and on the Districts of Republican Subordination to the north.[2] Its administrative capital is Qal'ai Khumb. The population of Darvoz district is 24,000 (1 January 2020 estimate).[3] The district was historically part of the Darvaz principality, a semi-independent statelet ruled by a mir.[4]

320px|thumb|Friendship bridge between Afghanistan and Tajikistan in Region Darwaz-Darvoz, * Qal'ai Khumb, *Nusay.

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about 2800km2 and is divided administratively into four jamoats.[5] They are as follows:[6]

JamoatPopulation (Jan. 2015)
4,025
8,366
5,420
3,637

See also

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, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe
  3. Web site: Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020 . Statistics office of Tajikistan . 6 October 2020 . ru . 1 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210601101228/http://stat.ww.tj/posts/July2020/macmua_20201.pdf . dead .
  4. Seymour Becker. Russia’s Protectorates in Central Asia: Bukhara and Khiva, 1865-1924. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1968.
  5. Web site: Regions of the Republic of Tajikistan 2017. Statistics office of Tajikistan. 12 October 2020. ru. 15–21. 28 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220328064053/http://stat.ww.tj/13b992a6b19499d948c865b3572cb4a1_1510580431.pdf. dead.
  6. http://untj.org/jambi-project/index.php/maps-statistics/demography Jamoat-level basic indicators