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Sughd Province Вилояти Суғд (Tajik) Согдийская область (Russian)
Province
From the top to bottom-right, Khujand, Panjakent District, Rudaki's Tomb, Ayni District, Yaghnob River
Sughd in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 39°30′N 69°0′E / 39.500°N 69.000°E / 39.500; 69.000
Country	Tajikistan
Capital	Khujand
Area
• Total	25,200 km (9,700 sq mi)
Population
• Total	2,707,300
• Density	110/km (280/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	TJ-SU
HDI (2017)	0.659 medium
Official languages	Russian (Interethnic) Tajik (State)

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 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 84% Tajik, 14.8% 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

Notable people

• Ruslan Ablayev (born 1972), Russian professional football coach and former player
• Lex Fridman, Host of the Lex Fridman podcast and Youtube series, researcher at MIT

See also

• Yaghnobi people
• Yagnob Valley
• Extreme points of Tajikistan

Notes

1. • Tajik: Вилояти Суғд, romanized: Viloyati Sug‘d, Persian alphabet: ولایت سغد, IPA: [ʋɪlɔˈjatʰɪ ˈsʊʁd]
   • Uzbek: Суғд вилояти, romanized: Sugʻd viloyati
   • Russian: Согдийская область

References

1. ^ "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
2. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
3. "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
4. "Tajik Communists Fear Region's Largest Lenin Statue To Be Removed". rferl.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
5. "CensusInfo - Data". www.censusinfo.tj. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
6. Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan, statistical yearbook,State Statistical Committee, Dushanbe, 2008
7. Robert Middleton and Huw Thomas, 'Tajikistan and the High Pamirs', Odyssey Books, 2008, page 166
8. ^ Socio-economic situation of the Sughd oblast, Statistics Committee of Sughd oblast, Khujand: January–March 2010 (in Tajik and Russian)
9. "Tajikistan: Provinces". www.citypopulation.de.

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

v t e Sughd Region
Capital: Khujand
Cities Buston Guliston Isfara Istaravshan Istiqlol Khujand Konibodom Panjakent
City subdivisions Buston City: Buston Town: Palos Guliston City: Guliston Towns: Adrasmon Choruqdayrron Konsoy Navgarzan Sirdaryo Zarnisor Isfara City: Isfara Towns: Naftobod Nurafshon Shurab Jamoats: Chilgazi Chorku Khonabad Kulkand Lakkon Navgilem Shahrak Surkh Vorukh Istaravshan City: Istaravshan Jamoats: Chorbogh Guli Surkh Javkandak Nijoni Nofaroj Poshkent Qal'achai Kalon Qalaibaland Sabriston Zarhalol Istiqlol City: Istiqlol Khujand City: Khujand Konibodom City: Konibodom Jamoats: Hamrabaev Lohuti Ortikov Patar Pulatan Sharipov Panjakent City: Panjakent Jamoats: Amondara Chinor Farob Khalifa Hassan Khurmi Kosatarosh Loiq Sherali Moghiyon Rudaki Sarazm Shing Sujina Voru Yori
Districts Asht Ayni Devashtich Ghafurov Jabbor Rasulov Kuhistoni Mastchoh Mastchoh Shahriston Spitamen Zafarobod
District subdivisions Asht Town: Shaydon Jamoats: Asht Iftikhor Mehrobod Oriyon Oshoba Ponghoz Punuk Shodoba Ayni Town: Zarafshan Jamoats: Anzob Ayni Dardar Fondaryo Rarz Shamtuch Urmetan Devashtich Town: Ghonchi Jamoats: Dalyoni Bolo Gazantarak Ismoili Somoni Mujum Rosrovut Vahdat Yakhtan Ghafurov Town: Ghafurov Jamoats: Chashmasor Dadoboy Kholmatov Goziyon Haidar Usmonov Isfisor Ismoil Khistevarz Ovchi Kalacha Unji Yova Zarzamin Jabbor Rasulov Town: Mehrobod Jamoats: Dehmoy Ghulakandoz Gulkhona Hayoti Nav Somoniyon Kuhistoni Mastchoh Jamoats: Ivan-Tojik Langar Mastchoh Towns: Buston Obshoron Sughdiyon Jamoats: Mastchoh Navbahor Obburdon Paldorak Shahriston Jamoats: Bunjikat Shahriston Spitamen Town: Navkat Jamoats: Istiqlol Khurramzamin Kurush Sarband Tagoyak Tursun Uljaboev Zafarobod Towns: Homid Aliev Mehnatobod Zafarobod Jamoats: Jomi Ravshan

v t e Places adjacent to Sughd Region
Sirdaryo Region,  Uzbekistan Tashkent Region,  Uzbekistan Namangan Region,  Uzbekistan Fergana Region,  Uzbekistan Jizzax Region,  Uzbekistan Samarqand Region,  Uzbekistan Sughd Province Batken Region,  Kyrgyzstan Qashqadaryo Region,  Uzbekistan Surxondaryo Region,  Uzbekistan Districts of Republican Subordination

v t e Regions of Tajikistan
	Sughd Region Khatlon Region Districts under Central Government Jurisdiction Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region

• Sughd Region
• Regions of Tajikistan