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located in the south-western corner of Khatlon Region of

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

on the

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. It shares borders with

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to the west,

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to the south and the

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to the north and east.''Republic of Tajikistan'', map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2007, "Map Factory" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe, 2007 The population of the district is 39,300 (January 2020 estimate). Until 2004 it was called ''Beshkent District'' ( tg, ноҳияи Бешкент); then renamed in honor of the 11th century Persian-Tajik poet

Nosiri Khusrav Abu Mo’in Hamid ad-Din Nasir ibn Khusraw al-Qubadiani or Nāsir Khusraw Qubādiyānī Balkhi ( fa, ناصر خسرو قبادیانی, Nasir Khusraw Qubadiani) also spelled as ''Nasir Khusrow'' and ''Naser Khosrow'' (1004 – after 1070 CE) w ...

(sometimes also Khisrav). The district capital is

, a village at the northernmost tip of the district.

''Beshkent is a lowland 70 kilometers in length and 5 kilometers in width—dry without any reliable source of water. beshkent is the warmest valley in Tajikistan, with average temperatures in January and July of 3 °C and 31 °C respectively. The annual average precipitation is 140 millimeters.''

Horse, Beshkent necropolis, Tajikistan, 1-2nd century CE

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about and is divided administratively into three jamoats. They are as follows:Jamoat-level basic indicators
United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 9 October 2020

References

Districts of Khatlon Region Districts of Tajikistan {{Tajikistan-geo-stub