Vakhsh District

Vakhsh District (Tajik: Ноҳияи Вахш Nohiya-i Vakhsh) is a district in Khatlon Region, Tajikistan. Its capital is Vakhsh. It is located in the southern part of Khatlon and of the country. The population of the district is 199,300 (January 2020 estimate).^[1]

Vakhsh District (Tajik: Ноҳияи Вахш)
Location of the district in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 37°40′N 68°52′E / 37.667°N 68.867°E / 37.667; 68.867
Country	Tajikistan
Region	Khatlon Region
Capital	Vakhsh
Area
• Total	1,000 km^2 (400 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	199,300
• Density	200/km^2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5
Website	vakhsh.tj

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about 1,000 km² (400 sq mi) and is divided administratively into two towns and five jamoats.^[2] They are as follows:^[3]

Jamoat	Population (Jan. 2015)^[3]
Kirov (town)	5,500^[4]
Vakhsh (town)	14,100^[4]
Mash'al
Rudaki	22,085
20-Solagii Istiqloliyati Tojikiston	32,260
Tojikobod	32,716
Vahdat	14,727

References

1. "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
2. "Regions of the Republic of Tajikistan 2017" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. pp. 15–21. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
3. Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 11 October 2020
4. (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2015.