Asht District

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

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 km^2 (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

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.
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.
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.