Lakhsh District Explained

Lakhsh District
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Tajikistan
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Districts of Republican Subordination
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Vahdat
Area Total Km2:4600
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:66,400
Timezone:TJT
Utc Offset:+5
Postal Code Type:Postal code
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Lakhsh District (Tajik: Ноҳияи Лахш, Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: Жерге-Тал ооданы, before 2016: Jirgatol District)[2] is a district in Tajikistan. It lies in the extreme north-east corner of the Districts of Republican Subordination. Its northern boundary is the international boundary with Kyrgyzstan; on the south it borders with Sangvor and Tojikobod districts, and its western border is with Rasht District. Its capital is the town Vahdat (formerly: Jirgatol). The population of Lakhsh district is 64,400 (1 January 2020 estimate).[3]

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about 4600km2 and is divided administratively into one town and nine jamoats.[4] They are as follows:[5]

JamoatPopulation (Jan. 2015)
Vahdat (town) 5,900[6]
4,467
Navruz9,219
3,890
4,938
10,501
7,790
Sarital3,353
2,987
6,442

Notes and References

  1. Web site: КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН . prokuratura.tj . Parliament of Tajikistan . 9 January 2020.
  2. Web site: Renaming of 10 cities and districts, and Kayrakkum Reservoir. 1 February 2016. 7 October 2020. ru.
  3. Web site: Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020 . Statistics office of Tajikistan . 3 October 2020 . ru .
  4. Web site: Regions of the Republic of Tajikistan 2017 . Statistics office of Tajikistan . 13 October 2020 . ru. 17, 21.
  5. http://untj.org/jambi-project/index.php/maps-statistics/demography Jamoat-level basic indicators
  6. 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.