Jomi District

Jomi District
Russian: Район Абдурахмана Джами
Tajik: Ноҳияи Абдураҳмони Ҷомӣ
Location in Tajikistan
Location in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 37°56′45″N 68°48′42″E / 37.94583°N 68.81167°E / 37.94583; 68.81167
Country Tajikistan
RegionKhatlon Region
CapitalAbdurahmoni Jomi
Area
 • Total
597 km2 (231 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
175,800
 • Density290/km2 (760/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5
Official languages
Websitejomi.tj

Jomi District (Russian: Район Абдурахмана Джами; Tajik: Ноҳияи Абдураҳмони Ҷомӣ) is a district in Khatlon Region of Tajikistan, located north of the regional capital Bokhtar.[2] The population of the district is 175,800 (January 2020 estimate).[3] Called Kuybyshevskiy District in Soviet times, then Hojamaston District until 2004, and finally renamed Jomi District[4] in honor of the 15th century Persian Poet Abdurahman Jami (Tajik: Ҷомӣ, transliterated as Jomi in Tajiki).[5] The district capital is the town Abdurahmoni Jomi (former name: Kuybyshevsk).

  1. ^ "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  2. ^ Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe (in Russian)
  3. ^ "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 8 October 2020.
  4. ^ Renaming Hojamaston District to Jomi District Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  5. ^ Abdurahman Jami Archived 2009-04-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)