Jayhun District

Jayhun District (Tajik: Ноҳияи Ҷайҳун, before 2016: Qumsangir District)[1] is a district in Khatlon Region, Tajikistan. Its capital is the town Dusti. The population of the district is 139,000 (January 2020 estimate).[2]

Jayhun District (Tajik: Ноҳияи Ҷайҳун)
Location of the district in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 37°20′N 68°40′E
Country	Tajikistan
Region	Khatlon Region
Capital	Dusti
Area
• Total	1,000 km^2 (400 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	139,000
• Density	140/km^2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5

During part of the Soviet period the district was named Molotovobod District.

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about 1,000 km² (400 sq mi) and is divided administratively into one town and five jamoats.[3] They are as follows:[4]

Jamoat	Population (Jan. 2015)[4]
Dusti (town)	16,500[5]
Istiqlol	24,717
Panj	22,319
Qumsangir	25,212
Vahdati milli	20,882
Yakkadin	8,754

References

1. "Renaming of 10 cities and districts, and Kayrakkum Reservoir" (in Russian). 1 February 2016. Retrieved 7 October 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. "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 9 October 2020
5. "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.