Rudaki District

Rudaki District

(Russian: Район Рудаки)
(Tajik: Ноҳияи Рӯдакӣ)
Rudaki District (Russian: Район Рудаки) ; (Tajik: Ноҳияи Рӯдакӣ)
	Location of the district in Tajikistan
	Coordinates: 38°21′N 68°37′E / 38.350°N 68.617°E / 38.350; 68.617
Country	Tajikistan
Region	Districts of Republican Subordination
Capital	Somoniyon
Area
• Total	1,800 km2 (700 sq mi)
Population (2020)
• Total	518,200
• Density	290/km2 (750/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5
Official languages	Russian (Interethnic); Tajik (State);
Website	nrudaki.tj

Rudaki District (Russian: Район Рудаки; Tajik: Ноҳияи Рӯдакӣ Nohiyai Rudaki) is a district in Tajikistan, one of the Districts of Republican Subordination. It stretches south from Dushanbe, bordering on Shahrinav District, the city of Hisor, and Varzob District from the north and northwest, Tajikistan's Khatlon Region from the south and the east, and Uzbekistan from the west. Its administrative capital is Somoniyon, a southern suburb of Dushanbe, called Leninsky in the Soviet period.^[2] The population of the district is 518,200 (January 2020 estimate).^[3]

A border guard training center is located here, used by the Tajik Border Troops.^[4] In October 2013, the Tajik Interior Ministry opened a new police station in the district.^[5]

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about 1,800 km² (700 sq mi) and is divided administratively into three towns and thirteen jamoats.^[6] They are as follows:^[7]

Jamoat	Population (Jan. 2015)^[7]
Navobod (town)	9,100^[8]
Somoniyon (town)	22,600^[8]
Mirzo Tursunzoda (town)	17,900^[8]
Chimteppa	45,221
Chorgulteppa	37,551
Chorteppa	32,076
Choryakkoron	14,496
Esanboy	20,072
Guliston	41,130
Kiblai	13,860
Lohur	20,047
Rohati	32,152
Rossiya	31,030
Sarikishti	38,474
Sultonobod	16,066
Zainabobod	36,844

References

^ "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
^ Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe
^ "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
^ "OSCE supports training for Tajik border guard services on refugees and asylum issues | OSCE". osce.org. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
^ "In Rudaki district opened a new territorial police station". www.vkd.tj. Archived from the original on 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
^ "Regions of the Republic of Tajikistan 2017" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. pp. 17, 21. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
^ a b Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 13 October 2020
^ a b c "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] Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe

[pop2020-3] "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

[4] "OSCE supports training for Tajik border guard services on refugees and asylum issues | OSCE". osce.org. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

[5] "In Rudaki district opened a new territorial police station". www.vkd.tj. Archived from the original on 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

[6] "Regions of the Republic of Tajikistan 2017" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. pp. 17, 21. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

[jambi-7] Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 13 October 2020

[pop2015-8] "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.