Jomi District | |
Native Name: | Russian: Район Абдурахмана Джами Tajik: Ноҳияи Абдураҳмони Ҷомӣ |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Tajikistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Khatlon Region |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Abdurahmoni Jomi |
Established Date: | 2014 |
Area Total Km2: | 597 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 175800 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Utc Offset: | +5 |
Coordinates: | 37.9458°N 68.8117°W |
Postal Code Type: | 735360 |
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Jomi District (Russian: Район Абдурахмана Джами; Tajik: Ноҳияи Абдураҳмони Ҷомӣ) is a district in Khatlon Region of Tajikistan, located north of the regional capital Bokhtar.[2] The population of the district is 175,800 (January 2020 estimate).[3] Called Kuybyshevskiy District in Soviet times, then Hojamaston District until 2004, and finally renamed Jomi District[4] in honor of the 15th century Persian Poet Abdurahman Jami (Tajik: Ҷомӣ, transliterated as Jomi in Tajiki).[5] The district capital is the town Abdurahmoni Jomi (former name: Kuybyshevsk).
The district has an area of about 600km2 and is divided administratively into one town and seven jamoats.[6] They are as follows:[7]
Jamoat | Population (Jan. 2015) |
---|---|
Abdurahmoni Jomi (town) | 12,700[8] |
18,192 | |
14,223 | |
20,008 | |
19,411 | |
18,247 | |
24,690 | |