Hamadoni District | |
Settlement Type: | District |
Native Name: | ru|Район Мир Сайид Алии Хамадони tg|Ноҳияи Ҳамадони |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Tajikistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Khatlon Region |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Moskovskiy |
Established Date: | 1 Jan 2014 |
Area Total Km2: | 500 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 148,800 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Utc Offset: | +5 |
Coordinates: | 37.6567°N 69.6292°W |
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Website: | http://www.hamadoni.tj/ (in Russian and Tajik) |
Hamadoni District (ru|Район Мир Сайид Алии Хамадони; tg|Ноҳияи Ҳамадони) is a district in the south-east of Khatlon Region of Tajikistan, located south of Kulob and stretching along a section of the Panj on the border with Afghanistan. Between 1950 and 2004 it was called Moskovskiy town,[2] then renamed in honor of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, a 14th-century Persia Great Islamic preacher, traveller, poet, and scholar who preached Islam in different parts of world, and is buried in Khatlon.
The district capital is Moskovskiy or Moskva (tg|Маскав).[3] The population of the district is 148,800 (January 2020 estimate).[4]
The district has an area of about 500km2 and is divided administratively into one town and seven jamoats.[5] They are as follows:[6]
Jamoat | Population (Jan. 2015) |
---|---|
Moskovskiy (town) | 22,500[7] |
18,490 | |
19,331 | |
21,816 | |
10,418 | |
13,092 | |
18,294 | |
10,385 | |