Dzhami District

Jomi District (Tajik: Ноҳияи Абдураҳмони Ҷомӣ) is a district in Khatlon Province of Tajikistan, located north of the provincial capital Kurgan-Tyube (Qurghonteppa). Population 109,200 (2003 data).[1] Called Kuybyshevskiy District in Soviet times, then Hojamaston District until 2004, and finally renamed Dzhami (or Jomi) District[2] in honor of the 15th century Persian Poet Abdurahman Jami (Tajik: Ҷомӣ, transliterated as Jomi in Tajiki).[3] The district capital is still listed as Kuybyshev or Kuybyshevsk.[1]

Jomi District Ноҳияи Ҷомӣ
Jomi District Ноҳияи Ҷомӣ
Jomi District Location in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 37°56′45″N 68°48′42″E
Country Tajikistan
ProvinceKhatlon
CapitalJomi
Area
 • Land597 km2 (231 sq mi)
Population
 (2003)
 • Total109,200
 • Ethnicities
Tajik
 • Languages
Tajik
Time zoneUTC+5
Websitetj

Administrative divisions

The district is divided administratively into jamoats. They are as follows (and population).[4]

Jamoats of Dzhami (Jomi) District
Jamoat Population
Aral16956
Ittifok14246
Kalinin13847
Oktyabr12142
Solagii Tojikiston22365
Yakkatut17126

References
  1. Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe (in Russian)
  2. Renaming Hojamaston District to Dzhami (Jomi) District Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  3. Abdurahman Jami Archived 2009-04-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  4. "List of Jamoats". UN Coordination, Tajikistan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2009.


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