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Sughd Region
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Asht District or Nohiya-i Asht (russian: Аштский район; tg, Ноҳияи Ашт) is a ]district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...
in the northernmost tip of Sughd Region, Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
, bordering on Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...
to the north, the east, and the south. Its capital is the town Shaydon. The population of the district is 168,100 (January 2020 estimate).
Administrative divisions
The district has an area of about and is divided administratively into one town and eight jamoats.[Jamoat-level basic indicators]
United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 2 October 2020
References
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Districts of Tajikistan
Sughd Region