Asht District

Asht District

Russian: Аштский район
Tajik: Ноҳияи Ашт
Asht District Russian: Аштский район ; Tajik: Ноҳияи Ашт
District
	Location of Asht District in Tajikistan
	Coordinates: 40°45′N 70°25′E / 40.750°N 70.417°E / 40.750; 70.417
Country	Tajikistan
Region	Sughd Region
Capital	Shaydon
Area
• Total	2,800 km2 (1,100 sq mi)
Population (2020)
• Total	168,100
• Density	60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (TJT)
Official languages	Russian (Interethnic); Tajik (State);

Asht District or Nohiya-i Asht (Russian: Аштский район; Tajik: Ноҳияи Ашт) is a district in the northernmost tip of Sughd Region, Tajikistan, bordering on Uzbekistan to the north, the east, and the south. Its capital is the town Shaydon.^[3] The population of the district is 168,100 (January 2020 estimate).^[1]

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about 2,800 km² (1,000 sq mi) and is divided administratively into one town and eight jamoats.^[4] They are as follows:^[5]

Jamoat	Population (Jan. 2015)^[5]
Shaydon (town)	15,300^[6]
Asht	21,409
Iftikhor	11,201
Mehrobod	13,123
Oriyon	17,487
Oshoba	21,260
Ponghoz	28,532
Punuk	8,841
Shodoba	8,990

References

^ a b "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
^ Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojjikoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe
^ "Regions of the Republic of Tajikistan 2017" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. pp. 15–21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ a b Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 2 October 2020
^ "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2015" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2020.

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[pop2020-1] "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[КОНСТИТУЦИЯ_РЕСПУБЛИКИ_ТАДЖИКИСТАН-2] "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.

[3] Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojjikoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe

[4] "Regions of the Republic of Tajikistan 2017" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. pp. 15–21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[jambi-5] Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 2 October 2020

[6] "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2015" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2020.