Spitamen District

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Spitamen District (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a district in north-central Sughd, Tajikistan, stretching across the province's narrow part from the border with Uzbekistan to the border with Kyrgyzstan.[1] Population 141,600 (2020 est.).[2] Formerly called Nau District (Template:Langx) or Nov District (Template:Langx; Template:Langx), it was renamed Spitamen district by a resolution of parliament in November 2003.[3] The district capital is Navkat, located south-west of Khujand.

The district is named after Spitamen who led the Sogdians in a revolt against the forces of Alexander the Great in 329-328 BCE.[4]

Administrative divisions

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Jamoat Population (Jan. 2015)[6]
Navkat (town) 16,900[8]
Istiqlol 18,015
Khurramzamin
Kurush 26,469
Sarband 8,502
Tagoyak 16,224
Tursun Uljaboev 16,874

References

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  1. Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe
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  3. Renaming of Nau district to Spitamen district, Parliamentary Resolution No. 460, Majlisi Milli Majlisi Oli, 23 November 2003 Template:In lang.
  4. B. Ghafurov, The Tajiks, Nauka Publ. House, Moscow (1972), pp. 93-97 Template:In lang.
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  6. a b Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 3 October 2020
  7. Spitamen: A land that remembers the history of the nation…, in Tajik
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