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Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

. It lies in the extreme north-east corner of the

. Its northern boundary is the international boundary with

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...

; on the south it borders with

Sangvor Zarshuyon (formerly ''Sangvor''; tg, Заршӯён) is a jamoat in Tajikistan. It is located in Sangvor District, one of the Districts of Republican Subordination tg, Ноҳияҳои тобеи ҷумҳурӣ , native_name_lang ...

and Tojikobod districts, and its western border is with

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. Its capital is the town

(formerly: ''Jirgatol''). The population of Lakhsh district is 64,400 (1 January 2020 estimate).

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about and is divided administratively into one town and nine jamoats. They are as follows:Jamoat-level basic indicators
United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 13 October 2020

References

Districts of Tajikistan {{Tajikistan-geo-stub