Hamadoni District
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Coordinates: 37°39′24″N 69°37′45″E / 37.65667°N 69.62917°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Khatlon Region |
Capital | Moskovskiy |
Area | |
• Total | 500 km2 (200 sq mi) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 148,800 |
• Density | 300/km2 (770/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+5 |
Official languages | |
Website | http://www.hamadoni.tj/ (in Russian and Tajik) |
Hamadoni District ( Russian: Район Мир Сайид Алии Хамадони; Tajik: Ноҳияи Ҳамадони, Persian: همدانی) is a district in the south-east of Khatlon Region of Tajikistan, located south of Kulob and stretching along a section of the Panj on the border with Afghanistan. Between 1950 and 2004 it was called Moskovskiy town, [2] then renamed in honor of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, a 14th-century Persia Great Islamic preacher, traveller, poet, and scholar who preached Islam in different parts of world, and is buried in Khatlon.
The district capital is Moskovskiy or Moskva ( Tajik: Маскав). [3] The population of the district is 148,800 (January 2020 estimate). [4]
The district has an area of about 500 km2 (200 sq mi) and is divided administratively into one town and seven jamoats. [5] They are as follows: [6]
Jamoat | Population (Jan. 2015) [6] |
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Moskovskiy (town) | 22,500 [7] |
Chubek | 18,490 |
Dashtigulo | 19,331 |
Mehnatobod | 21,816 |
Panjob | 10,418 |
Panjrud | 13,092 |
Qahramon | 18,294 |
Turdiev | 10,385 |