Jomi District Explained

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).

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about 600km2 and is divided administratively into one town and seven jamoats.[6] They are as follows:[7]

JamoatPopulation (Jan. 2015)
Abdurahmoni Jomi (town) 12,700[8]
18,192
14,223
20,008
19,411
18,247
24,690

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 . 8 October 2020 . ru . 1 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210601101228/http://stat.ww.tj/posts/July2020/macmua_20201.pdf . dead .
  4. http://whp057.narod.ru/hatlo.htm Renaming Hojamaston District to Jomi District
  5. http://tajforum.tj/index.php?showtopic=2561 Abdurahman Jami
  6. 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.
  7. http://untj.org/jambi-project/index.php/maps-statistics/demography Jamoat-level basic indicators
  8. Web site: Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2015 . Statistics office of Tajikistan . ru. https://web.archive.org/web/20150702021130/http://www.stat.tj/ru/img/65a709121baf8a64bf15d33f398aafde_1435736807.pdf. 2 July 2015.