tg, Ноҳияҳои тобеи ҷумҳурӣ , native_name_lang = , other_name = ناحیه های تابع جمهوری , settlement_type =

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Dushanbe Dushanbe ( tg, Душанбе, ; ; russian: Душанбе) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 863,400 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (ru ...

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, blank1_name_sec2 = , blank1_info_sec2 = , website = , official_name = Districts under Tajikistan Central Government Jurisdiction or Republic Subordination (russian: Районы республиканского подчинения, Rajony respublikanskogo podchineniya; tg, Ноҳияҳои тобеи ҷумҳурӣ, Nohiyahoyi tobe'i jumhurî Latin Tajik alphabet: ), formerly called Karotegin Province, is a region 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 ...

, consisting of 9 districts and 4 district-level cities that are directly under central administration.

, the capital of Tajikistan, is surrounded by the Districts under Central Government Jurisdiction, but not part of it. The region covers an area of 28,500 square kilometres, and has a total population of 2,165,900 (2020), The Districts' ethnic composition in 2010 was 85% Tajik and 11.7% Uzbek.

History

The Districts under Central Government Jurisdiction cover much of the territory of the former

Gharm Oblast The Gharm Oblast (russian: Гармская область; tg, Вилояти Ғарм, translit=Viloyati Ğarm/Vilojati Ƣarm; fa, ولایت غرم, ''Velâyate Qarm'') was an oblast in the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic in the Soviet Union f ...

which was dissolved in 1955. They were formerly known as Karotegin Region.

Districts

The Districts under Central Government Jurisdiction cover 9

districts 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 ...

. The districts are: *

Fayzobod District Fayzobod District (russian: Файзабадский район; tg, Ноҳияи Файзобод ''Nohiyai Fayzobod'') is a district in Tajikistan. One of the Districts of Republican Subordination, it is about 60 km east of Dushanbe. It b ...

Lakhsh District , nickname = , motto = , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = , image_flag = , flag_size = , image_seal = , seal_size = , ima ...

(formerly Jirgatol District) * Nurobod District (formerly Darband District) *

Rasht District ) ( tg, Ноҳияи Рашт) , image_map = Location of Rasht District in Tajikistan.png , mapsize = , map_caption = Location of the district in Tajikistan , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision ...

(formerly Gharm District) *

Rudaki District ) ( tg, Ноҳияи Рӯдакӣ) , image_map = Location of Rudaki District in Tajikistan.png , mapsize = , map_caption = Location of the district in Tajikistan , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdi ...

(formerly Leninskiy District) *

Sangvor District tg, Ноҳияи Сангвор , image_map = Location of Tavildara District in Tajikistan.png , mapsize = , map_caption = Location of the district in Tajikistan , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdi ...

(formerly Tavildara District) *

Shahrinav District tg, Ноҳияи Шаҳринав , image_map = Location of Shahrinaw District in Tajikistan.png , mapsize = , map_caption = Location of the district in Tajikistan , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdi ...

(formerly Qaratogh District) *

Tojikobod District ) ( tg, Ноҳияи Тоҷикобод) , image_map = Location of Tojikobod District in Tajikistan.png , mapsize = , map_caption = Location of the district in Tajikistan , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = ...

(formerly Qalai Labi Ob District) * Varzob District

District cities

Vahdat Vahdat ( tg, Ваҳдат) is a city in western Tajikistan, on the bank of the Kofarnihon River, 21 km east of Dushanbe. It was previously called Yangi-Bozor (1927–1936), Orjonikidzeobod (1936–1993, after Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze) and Kofarnih ...

(formerly Kofarnihon) *

Tursunzoda Tursunzoda ( tg, Турсунзода; also ''Tursunzade'' from russian: Турсунзаде) is a city in western Tajikistan, known for its aluminium smelting plant TadAZ. It is located 60 km west of Dushanbe (40 km west of Hisor), ne ...

(formerly Regar) *

Hisor , image_skyline = Hisor-Tajikistan1.jpg , image_caption = Old castle in Hisar , image_flag = , image_seal = , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Tajikistan , pushpin_label_position =bottom , pushpin_map_caption =Locatio ...

* Roghun

Geography

The plateau is traversed by the river Vakhsh, a right-hand tributary of the

Amu Darya The Amu Darya, tk, Amyderýa/ uz, Amudaryo// tg, Амударё, Amudaryo ps, , tr, Ceyhun / Amu Derya grc, Ὦξος, Ôxos (also called the Amu, Amo River and historically known by its Latin name or Greek ) is a major river in Central Asi ...

. On the northern border run the Gissar and

Zeravshan Zarafshon ( uz, Zarafshon / Зарафшон, fa, زرافشان) is a city in the center of Uzbekistan's Navoiy Region. Administratively, it is a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlement Muruntau. It has an area of and i ...

mountains, and on the southern border the Darvaz range . The winter climate is extremely severe: snow begins to fall in October and it is May before it disappears. During the warmer months, however, the mountainsides are richly clothed with the foliage of

maple ''Acer'' () is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as maples. The genus is placed in the family Sapindaceae.Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008 nd more or less continuously updated since ht ...

mountain ash Mountain ash may refer to: * ''Eucalyptus regnans'', the tallest of all flowering plants, native to Australia * Mountain-ashes or rowans, varieties of trees and shrubs in the genus ''Sorbus'' See also * Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, a town in ...

apple An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple trees are cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus '' Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ances ...

pear Pears are fruits produced and consumed around the world, growing on a tree and harvested in the Northern Hemisphere in late summer into October. The pear tree and shrub are a species of genus ''Pyrus'' , in the family Rosaceae, bearing the p ...

and

walnut A walnut is the edible seed of a drupe of any tree of the genus '' Juglans'' (family Juglandaceae), particularly the Persian or English walnut, '' Juglans regia''. Although culinarily considered a "nut" and used as such, it is not a tru ...

trees; the

orchards An orchard is an intentional plantation of trees or shrubs that is maintained for food production. Orchards comprise fruit- or nut-producing trees which are generally grown for commercial production. Orchards are also sometimes a feature of la ...

furnish not only apples and pears, but

peach The peach (''Prunus persica'') is a deciduous tree first domesticated and cultivated in Zhejiang province of Eastern China. It bears edible juicy fruits with various characteristics, most called peaches and others (the glossy-skinned, non- ...

es,

cherries A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus ''Prunus'', and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit). Commercial cherries are obtained from cultivars of several species, such as the sweet ''Prunus avium'' and the sour ''Prunus cerasus''. The nam ...

mulberries ''Morus'', a genus of flowering plants in the family Moraceae, consists of diverse species of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, growing wild and under cultivation in many temperate world regions. Generally, the genus has 64 identif ...

and

apricot An apricot (, ) is a fruit, or the tree that bears the fruit, of several species in the genus '' Prunus''. Usually, an apricot is from the species '' P. armeniaca'', but the fruits of the other species in ''Prunus'' sect. ''Armeniaca'' are al ...

s. Both cattle and horses are of a small and hardy breed.

Demographics

Culture

Mausoleum of Hodja Nashron The Hodja Nashron Mausoleum is located in the Region of Republican Subordination, of western Tajikistan. World Heritage Status This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on September 11, 1999 in the Cultural category. T ...

References

{{Provinces and regions of Tajikistan Subdivisions of Tajikistan