Spitamen District

Spitamen District (Russian: Спитаменский район; Tajik: Ноҳияи Спитамен) 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.^[3] Population 141,600 (2020 est.).^[1] Formerly called Nau District (Russian: Науский район) or Nov District (Tajik: Nohiya-i Nov, Ноҳияи Нов; Persian: ناحیۀ ناو), it was renamed Spitamen district by a resolution of parliament in November 2003.^[4] The district capital is Navkat, located south-west of Khujand.

Spitamen District Russian: Спитаменский район Tajik: Ноҳияи Спитамен
District
Location of Spitamen District in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 40°09′N 69°22′E
Country	Tajikistan
Region	Sughd Region
Capital	Navkat
Area
• Total	400 km2 (200 sq mi)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	141,600
• Density	350/km2 (920/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (TJT)
Official languages	Russian (Interethnic) Tajik (State)[2]

The district is named after Spitamen who led the Sogdians in a revolt against the forces of Alexander the Great in 329-328 BCE.^[5]

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about 400 km² (200 sq mi) and is divided administratively into one town and six jamoats.^[6] They are as follows:^[7][8]

Jamoat	Population (Jan. 2015)[7]
Navkat (town)	16,900[9]
Istiqlol	18,015
Khurramzamin
Kurush	26,469
Sarband	8,502
Tagoyak	16,224
Tursun Uljaboev	16,874

References

1. "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
2. "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
3. Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe
4. Renaming of Nau district to Spitamen district, Parliamentary Resolution No. 460, Majlisi Milli Majlisi Oli, 23 November 2003 (in Russian).
5. B. Ghafurov, The Tajiks, Nauka Publ. House, Moscow (1972), pp. 93-97 (in Russian).
6. "Regions of the Republic of Tajikistan 2017" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. pp. 15–21. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
7. Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 3 October 2020
8. Spitamen: A land that remembers the history of the nation…, in Tajik
9. "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. Retrieved 3 October 2020.