Panj District

Panj District (Russian: Пянджский район; Tajik: Ноҳияи Панҷ Nohiyai Panj) is a district in Khatlon Region, Tajikistan. Its capital is Panj. The population of the district is 119,700 (January 2020 estimate).^[2] The district has been an area of ethnic tensions betweek its Uzbek and Tajik residents.^[3] During the early Soviet period the district was officially named Kirovobod District.

Panj District Russian: Пянджский район Tajik: Ноҳияи Панҷ
Location of the district in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 37°14′N 69°09′E
Country	Tajikistan
Region	Khatlon Region
Capital	Panj
Area
• Total	900 km2 (300 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	119,700
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5
Official languages	Russian (Interethnic) Tajik (State)[1]
Website	panj.tj

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about 900 km² (300 sq mi) and is divided administratively into one town and five jamoats.^[4] They are as follows:^[5]

Jamoat	Population (Jan. 2015)[5]
Panj (town)	11,700[6]
Kabut Sayfutdinov	22,684
Mehvar	17,298
Namuna	21,321
Nuri Vahdat	13,425
Ozodagon	20,748

References

1. "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
2. "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
3. Security and Human Right to Water in Central Asia, by Miguel Ángel Pérez Martín
4. "Regions of the Republic of Tajikistan 2017" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. pp. 15–21. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
5. Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 9 October 2020
6. "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2015" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2015.