Hisor District

Coordinates: 38°32′N 68°33′E / 38.533°N 68.550°E / 38.533; 68.550

Location in Tajikistan
An old castle in Hisor before renovations

Hisor District (also transliterated as Hissar, Gissar) or Nohiyai Hisor (Tajik: Ноҳияи Ҳисор, translit. Nohiya‘i Hisor/Nohijaji Hisor) is a district in the Region of Republican Subordination, in Tajikistan, located west of the capital Dushanbe, between Varzob District in the east and Shahrinaw District in the west. Its capital Hisor (Gissar) is a town of 50,000 people about 10 km west of Dushanbe, at the center of the fertile Gissar Valley.

Administrative divisions

The district is divided administratively into jamoats. They are as follows (and population).[1]

Jamoats of Hisor District
Jamoat Population
Almosi15029
Dehqonobod13698
Durbat14136
Hisor20524
Karamqul15152
Khonako20500
Khonakohikuhi20392
Mirzo Rizo18538
Navobod19496
Sharora8291

See also

  1. ↑ "List of Jamoats". UN Coordination, Tajikistan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
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