Shamsiddin Shohin District

Shamsiddin Shohin District Russian: Район Шамсиддин Шохин Tajik: Ноҳияи Шамсиддин Шоҳин
Shuroobod City
Shamsiddin Shohin District Location in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 37°50′24″N 70°2′31″E
Country	Tajikistan
Region	Khatlon Region
Capital	Shuroobod
Area
• Total	2,300 km^2 (900 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	55,500
• Density	24/km^2 (62/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5
Area code	+992-3319
Official languages	Russian (Interethnic) Tajik (State)[1]
Website	www.shamsiddinshohin.tj

Shamsiddin Shohin District (Russian: Район Шамсиддин Шохин; Tajik: Ноҳияи Шамсиддин Шоҳин Nohiyai Shamsiddin Shohin, before 2016 Shuroobod District Tajik: Ноҳияи Шуро-обод),^[2] is a district in Khatlon Region, southeastern Tajikistan. Its capital is the village Shuroobod.

Shuroobod District was renamed Shamsiddin Shohin in memory of this Tajik poet.

Administrative divisions

Friendship Bridge between Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, in Khwahan, regions and Shamsiddin Shohin

The district has an area of about 2,300 km² (900 sq mi) and is divided administratively into seven jamoats.^[3] They are as follows:^[4]

Jamoat	Population (Jan. 2015)[4]
Chagam	6,097
Dashti-Jum	4,942
Doghiston	7,092
Langardara	4,895
Nuriddin Mahmudov (Yol)	6,446
Sarichashma	11,680
Shuroobod	10,700

Geography

Shamsiddin Shohin District is bordered in the north by Darvoz District and Khovaling District, in the west by Mu'minobod District and Hamadoni District, all in Khatlon Region. In the east and south, across the river Panj, it borders Afghanistan. It is located in the foothills of the Hazrati Shoh mountains.

References

1. "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
2. "Renaming of 10 cities and districts, and Kayrakkum Reservoir" (in Russian). 1 February 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
3. "Regions of the Republic of Tajikistan 2017" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. pp. 15–21. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
4. Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 11 October 2020