Jayhun District

Jayhun District

Russian: Район Джайхун
Tajik: Ноҳияи Ҷайҳун
Jayhun District Russian: Район Джайхун ; Tajik: Ноҳияи Ҷайҳун
	Location of the district in Tajikistan
	Coordinates: 37°20′N 68°40′E / 37.333°N 68.667°E / 37.333; 68.667
Country	Tajikistan
Region	Khatlon Region
Capital	Dusti
Area
• Total	1,000 km2 (400 sq mi)
Population (2020)
• Total	139,000
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5
Official languages	Russian (Interethnic); Tajik (State);

Jayhun District (Russian: Район Джайхун; Tajik: Ноҳияи Ҷайҳун, before 2016: Qumsangir District)^[2] is a district in Khatlon Region, Tajikistan. Its capital is the town Dusti. The population of the district is 139,000 (January 2020 estimate).^[3]

During part of the Soviet period the district was named Molotovobod District.

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about 1,000 km² (400 sq mi) and is divided administratively into one town and five jamoats.^[4] They are as follows:^[5]

Jamoat	Population (Jan. 2015)^[5]
Dusti (town)	16,500^[6]
Istiqlol	24,717
Panj	22,319
Qumsangir	25,212
Vahdati milli	20,882
Yakkadin	8,754

References

^ "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
^ "Renaming of 10 cities and districts, and Kayrakkum Reservoir" (in Russian). 1 February 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
^ "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 9 October 2020.
^ "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 9 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.

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[КОНСТИТУЦИЯ_РЕСПУБЛИКИ_ТАДЖИКИСТАН-1] "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.

[2] "Renaming of 10 cities and districts, and Kayrakkum Reservoir" (in Russian). 1 February 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2020.

[pop2020-3] "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 9 October 2020.

[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 9 October 2020

[pop2015-6] "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.