Shahritus District Explained

Shahritus District
Native Name:	Russian: Шахритусский район Tajik: Ноҳияи Шаҳритӯс
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Tajikistan
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Khatlon Region
Seat Type:	Capital
Seat:	Shahritus
Area Total Km2:	1500
Population As Of:	2020
Population Total:	130000
Population Density Km2:	auto
Utc Offset:	+5
Coordinates:	37.3167°N 74°W
Blank1 Info Sec2:	Russian (Interethnic) Tajik (State)^[1]

Shahritus District or Nohiya-i Shahritus (Tajik: Ноҳияи Шаҳритӯс) is a district in Khatlon Region, southwestern Tajikistan. Its capital is the town Shahrituz. The population of the district is 130,000 (January 2020 estimate).^[2]

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about 1500km2 and is divided administratively into one town and five jamoats.^[3] They are as follows:^[4]

Jamoat	Population (Jan. 2015)
Shahritus (town)	15,800^[5]
	31,654
	17,808
	8,648
	21,270
	15,858

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. Web site: Regions of the Republic of Tajikistan 2017 . Statistics office of Tajikistan . 12 October 2020 . ru. 15–21.
4. http://untj.org/jambi-project/index.php/maps-statistics/demography Jamoat-level basic indicators
5. 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.