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Lakhsh District ( tg, Ноҳияи Лахш, ky, Жерге-Тал ооданы, before 2016: ''Jirgatol District'') 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 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 ea ...
; on the south it borders with Sangvor and Tojikobod districts, and its western border is with Rasht District. Its capital is the town Vahdat (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.[Jamoat-level basic indicators]
United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 13 October 2020
References
Districts of Tajikistan
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