Hamadoni District
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| Coordinates: 37°39′24″N 69°37′45″E / 37.65667°N 69.62917°E | |
| Country |  Tajikistan |
| Region | Khatlon Region |
| Capital | Moskovskiy |
| Area | |
| • Total | 500 km2 (200 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 148,800 |
| • Density | 300/km2 (770/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 |
| Official languages | |
| Website | http://www.hamadoni.tj/ (in Russian and Tajik) |
Hamadoni District (Russian: Район Мир Сайид Алии Хамадони; Tajik: Ноҳияи Ҳамадони) is a district in the south-east of Khatlon Region of Tajikistan, located south of Kulob and stretching along a section of the Panj on the border with Afghanistan. Between 1950 and 2004 it was called Moskovskiy town,[2] then renamed in honor of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, a 14th-century Persia Great Islamic preacher, traveller, poet, and scholar who preached Islam in different parts of world, and is buried in Khatlon.
The district capital is Moskovskiy or Moskva (Tajik: Маскав).[3] The population of the district is 148,800 (January 2020 estimate).[4]
- ^ "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ Moskovskiy town renamed Hamadoni district Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, 2004 (in Russian)
- ^ Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe
- ^ "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2020.