Nurobod District (, Russian spelling: ''Nurabad 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, municip ...

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, one of the 9

Districts of Republican Subordination Districts under Tajikistan Central Government Jurisdiction, also translated as Districts of Republican Subordination or Districts under Republic(an) Subordination (; , Latin Tajik alphabet: ), is a region in Tajikistan, consisting of 9 distric ...

. Formerly known as Darband District, Nurobod District lies east of the city of Roghun, south of the city of

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and

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, and west of Sangvor District. Its southern border is with the

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. The capital of Nurobod District is the town Darband. The population of the district is 82,100 (January 2020 estimate).

Administrative divisions

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

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