- Source: Sughd Region
Sughd Province, also referred to as the Sogdia Region, 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 northwest of the country, with an area of some 25,400 square kilometers and a population of 2,707,300 (2020 estimate), up from 2,233,550 according to the 2010 census and 1,871,979 in 2000. The capital is Khujand. The Province's ethnic composition in 2010 was 14% Tajik, 84.8% Uzbek, 0.6% Kyrgyz, 0.4% Russian and 0.1% Tatar.
The province shares a border with the Jizzakh, Namangan, Samarkand and Fergana regions of Uzbekistan, and the Osh and Batken regions of Kyrgyzstan. The Syr Darya river flows through it. It contains the Akash Massif and Mogoltau Massif Important Bird Areas. Sughd is separated from the rest of Tajikistan by the Gissar Range (passes may be closed in winter). The southern part of the region is the east-west valley of the upper Zarafshan River. North, over the Turkestan Range, is the Ferghana Valley. The region has 29% of Tajikistan's population and one-third of its arable land. It produces two-thirds of the country's GDP.
Economy
The economy of Sughd has been growing steadily since 2000, at the average rate of 13.2% in 2008 and 13.3% in 2009. In 2009, farming, trade and industrial production contributed 28.2%, 25.8% and 14.0% to the GRP (gross regional product) of Sughd, respectively. Since 2000, the output of industrial production increased two-fold, at an average annual growth rate of 5–8%.
A free economic zone has been established in the region called Sughd Free Economic Zone.
Demographics
Cities
Sughd province counts the following 8 district-level cities (with population estimate as of 2020):
Buston (Chkalovsk) (34,000)
Guliston (Kayrakkum) (18,000)
Isfara (51,700)
Istaravshan (Ura-Tyube) (65,600)
Istiqlol (Taboshar) (17,600)
Khujand (Leninabad) (183,600)
Konibodom (52,500)
Panjakent (43,300)
Districts
The province is divided into 10 districts (Tajik: ноҳия, nohiya or Russian: район, raion). Furthermore, several cities (shahr) also cover other towns (shahrak) and rural localities. These are listed under "city districts".
= Districts of Sughd
=Asht District
Ayni District
Devashtich District
Ghafurov District
Kuhistoni Mastchoh District
Mastchoh District
Spitamen District
Jabbor Rasulov District
Shahriston District
Zafarobod District
= City districts
=Buston
Isfara
Istaravshan
Konibodom
Panjakent
See also
Yaghnobi people
Yagnob Valley
Extreme points of Tajikistan
Notes
References
Further reading
Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb (2007). The Arab Conquests in Central Asia. Read Books. ISBN 978-1-4067-5239-7. reprinted from the 1923 edition, published by the Royal Asiatic Society OCLC 474026895.
Le Strange, Guy (1905). The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate: Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia, from the Moslem Conquest to the Time of Timur. New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc. OCLC 1044046.
External links
citypopulation.de
Official Website of the Free Economic Zone of Sughd
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- Dizhik
- Pembagian administratif Tajikistan
- Kalon
- Region di Tajikistan
- Ayni, Tajikistan
- Bentrokan Kirgizstan–Tajikistan 2022
- Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev
- Tonjolan (geografi)
- Tajikistan
- Sughd Region
- Buston, Sughd
- Districts of Tajikistan
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- List of heads of regions of Tajikistan
- Khujand
- Sarband (disambiguation)
- Fergana Region
- Istaravshan
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