Shahritus District

Shahritus District or Nohiya-i Shahritus (Tajik: Ноҳияи Шаҳритӯс) is a district in Khatlon Region, southwestern Tajikistan. Its capital is the town Shahrituz. The population of the district is 130,000 (January 2020 estimate).^[2]

Shahritus District Russian: Шахритусский район Tajik: Ноҳияи Шаҳритӯс
Location of the district in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 37°19′N 68°06′E / 37.317°N 68.100°E / 37.317; 68.100
Country	Tajikistan
Region	Khatlon Region
Capital	Shahritus
Area
• Total	1,500 km^2 (600 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	130,000
• Density	87/km^2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5
Official languages	Russian (Interethnic) Tajik (State)^[1]
Website	shahrituz.tj

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about 1,500 km² (600 sq mi) and is divided administratively into one town and five jamoats.^[3] They are as follows:^[4]

Jamoat	Population (Jan. 2015)^[4]
Shahritus (town)	15,800^[5]
Kholmatov	31,654
Jura Nazarov	17,808
Obshoron	8,648
Pakhtaobod	21,270
Sayyod	15,858

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. "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. (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2015.