Rudaki District

Rudaki District or Nohiyai Rudaki (Tajik: Ноҳияи Рӯдакӣ) is a district in the Region of Republican Subordination in Tajikistan. It stretches south from Dushanbe, bordering on Shahrinaw, Hisor, and Varzob districts from the north and northwest, Tajikistan's Khatlon Province from the south and the east, and Uzbekistan from the west. Its administrative capital is Somoniyon, a southern suburb of Dushanbe, called Leninskii in the Soviet period.[1]

For other uses, see Rudaki (disambiguation).
Location in Tajikistan

A border guard training center is located here, used by the Tajik Border Troops.[2] In October 2013, the Tajik Interior Ministry opened a new police station in the district.[3]

Administrative divisions

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

Jamoats of Rudaki District
Jamoat Population
Chorteppa19410
Guliston25905
Ispechak14496
Kiblai8682
Kuktosh22348
Kushtepin19232
Lohur13061
Oqkurgan22013
Rohati22307
Sardorov Karakhan13415
Somoniyon15923
Sultonobod10306
Tojikiston22951
Zainabobod30340

References
  1. Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe
  2. "OSCE supports training for Tajik border guard services on refugees and asylum issues | OSCE". www.osce.org. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  3. "In Rudaki district opened a new territorial police station". www.vkd.tj. Archived from the original on 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  4. "List of Jamoats". UN Coordination, Tajikistan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2009.

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