Isfara District or Nohiya-i Isfara ( tg, Ноҳияи Исфара) is a former district at the northeastern edge of Sughd Region,

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

, bordering on

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

Ferghana Valley The Fergana Valley (; ; ) in Central Asia lies mainly in eastern Uzbekistan, but also extends into southern Kyrgyzstan and northern Tajikistan. Divided into three republics of the former Soviet Union, the valley is ethnically diverse and in the ...

to the north and

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the ea ...

to the south. Its capital was

Isfara Isfara ( tg, Исфара fa, اسفره; russian: Исфара) is a city in Sughd Region in northern Tajikistan, situated on the border with Kyrgyzstan. The city was the seat of the former Isfara District. There are currently territorial disp ...

. Vorukh, an enclave surrounded by

, is also part of Isfara. Around 2018, it was merged into the city of

Administrative divisions

The district was divided administratively into jamoats. They were as follows (and population).

References

External links

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, "Esfara" in ''Encyclopaedia Iranica'', Columbia University (enter keyword "Esfara" in search field to access the article). Former districts of Tajikistan Sughd Region {{Tajikistan-geo-stub