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