Hamadoni District

Hamadoni District Russian: Район Мир Сайид Алии Хамадони Tajik: Ноҳияи Ҳамадони
District
Coordinates: 37°39′24″N 69°37′45″E
Country	Tajikistan
Region	Khatlon Region
Capital	Moskovskiy
Area
• Total	500 km^2 (200 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	148,800
• Density	300/km^2 (770/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5
Official languages	Russian (Interethnic) Tajik (State)[1]
Website	http://www.hamadoni.tj/ (in Russian and Tajik)

Hamadoni District (Russian: Район Мир Сайид Алии Хамадони; Tajik: Ноҳияи Ҳамадони) is a district in the south-east of Khatlon Region of Tajikistan, located south of Kulob and stretching along a section of the Panj on the border with Afghanistan. Between 1950 and 2004 it was called Moskovskiy town,[2] then renamed in honor of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, a 14th-century Persia Great Islamic preacher, traveller, poet, and scholar who preached Islam in different parts of world, and is buried in Khatlon.

The district capital is Moskovskiy or Moskva (Tajik: Маскав).[3] The population of the district is 148,800 (January 2020 estimate).[4]

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about 500 km^2 (200 sq mi) and is divided administratively into one town and seven jamoats.[5] They are as follows:[6]

Jamoat	Population (Jan. 2015)[6]
Moskovskiy (town)	22,500[7]
Chubek	18,490
Dashtigulo	19,331
Mehnatobod	21,816
Panjob	10,418
Panjrud	13,092
Qahramon	18,294
Turdiev	10,385

References

1. "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
2. Moskovskiy town renamed Hamadoni district Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, 2004 (in Russian)
3. Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe
4. "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.
5. "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.
6. Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 9 October 2020
7. "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.