Chorku (; ) is a village and jamoat in northern

Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...

. It is part of the city of

Isfara Isfara (; ) is a city in Sughd Region in northern Tajikistan, situated on the border with Kyrgyzstan. The city was the seat of the former Isfara District. There are currently territorial disputes between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan over the area ...

Sughd Region Sughd Province, also referred to as the Sogdia Region, and Leninabad before 2001, is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces that make up Tajikistan. Centered in the historical Sogdiana, it is located in the north ...

. The jamoat has a total population of 37,065 (2015).Jamoat-level basic indicators
United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 2 October 2020 The Hazrati Shoh mausoleum in Chorku is from the 8th-10th century. In August 2015, a dispute over a water canal in the area became a controversy between Kyrgyz and

Tajiks Tajiks (; ; also spelled ''Tadzhiks'' or ''Tadjiks'') is the name of various Persian-speaking Eastern Iranian groups of people native to Central Asia, living primarily in Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Even though the term ''Tajik'' ...

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Populated places in Sughd Region Jamoats of Tajikistan {{Sughd-geo-stub