Panj District Explained

Panj District
Native Name:Russian: Пянджский район
Tajik: Ноҳияи Панҷ
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Tajikistan
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Khatlon Region
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Panj
Area Total Km2:900
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:119700
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset:+5
Coordinates:37.2333°N 78°W
Blank1 Info Sec2:

Panj District (Russian: Пянджский район; Tajik: Ноҳияи Панҷ Nohiyai Panj) is a district in Khatlon Region, Tajikistan. Its capital is Panj. The population of the district is 119,700 (January 2020 estimate).[2] The district has been an area of ethnic tensions betweek its Uzbek and Tajik residents.[3] During the early Soviet period the district was officially named Kirovobod District.

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about 900km2 and is divided administratively into one town and five jamoats.[4] They are as follows:[5]

JamoatPopulation (Jan. 2015)
Panj (town) 11,700[6]
22,684
17,298
21,321
13,425
20,748

Notes and References

  1. Web site: КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН . prokuratura.tj . Parliament of Tajikistan . 9 January 2020.
  2. Web site: Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020 . Statistics office of Tajikistan . 9 October 2020 . ru .
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=wStIDgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Panj+District%22&pg=PA127 Security and Human Right to Water in Central Asia
  4. Web site: Regions of the Republic of Tajikistan 2017 . Statistics office of Tajikistan . 12 October 2020 . ru. 15–21.
  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.