Administratively,

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

is divided into: * one

autonomous region An autonomous administrative division (also referred to as an autonomous area, entity, unit, region, subdivision, or territory) is a subnational administrative division or internal territory of a sovereign state that has a degree of autonomy� ...

(russian: автономная область; tg, вилояти мухтор, ''viloyati mukhtor'') * two regions ( tg, вилоятҳо, ''viloyatho'' fa, ولایتها), sing. tg, вилоят, ''viloyat''و fa, ولایت, russian: область/вилоят ) * the Districts of Republican Subordination * the capital city,

Dushanbe Dushanbe ( tg, Душанбе, ; ; russian: Душанбе) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 863,400 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (ru ...

. {, class="wikitable sortable" !No.!!Name!! Russian!! Tajik!! ISO!!Capital!!Area {km²)!!Pop (2000)!!Pop (2010)!!Pop (2019) , - , 1, ,

Sughd Region Sughd Province ( tg, Вилояти Суғд, Viloyati Sughd, Sogdia Region , fa, ولایت سغد) is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces ( tg, вилоятҳо, viloyatho , fa, ولایت) that make up ...

, ,
''Sogdijskaya oblast' '', ,
''Viloyati Sughd'', , TJ-SU, , Khujand , align=25,400, , align=1,871,979, , align=2,233,550, , align=2,658,400 , - , 2, , Districts of Republican Subordination, ,
''Rajoni respublikanskovo podchineniya'', ,
''Nohiyahoi tobei jumhurī'', , - , ,

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Khatlon Region Khatlon Region ( tg, Вилояти Хатлон, ''Viloyati Xatlon''), one of the four provinces of Tajikistan ( tg, вилоят, ''Viloyat''), is the most populous of the four first level administrative regions. It is situated in the southwes ...

, ,
''Khatlonskaya oblast, ,
''Viloyati Khatlon'', , TJ-KT, , Bokhtar , align=24,800, , align=2,150,136, , align=2,677,251, , align=3,274,900 , - , 4, , Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region¹, ,
''Gorno-Badakhshanskaya avtonomnaya oblast, ,
''Viloyati Mukhtori Kūhistoni Badakhshon'', , TJ-GB, , Khorugh , align=64,200, , align=206,004, , align=205,949, , align=226,900 , - , –, ,

, ,
''Dushanbe'', ,
''Dushanbe'', , –, ,

, align=124.6, , align=561,895, , align=724,844, , align=846,400 ¹ The direct translation from Tajik is ''Kuhistoni Badakhshon Autonoumous Region'', but the name translated from Russian is more commonly used in English. Each region is divided into

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

( or ), which are further subdivided into '' jamoats'' (full name ), and then villages/settlements (). Tajikistan has a total of 58 (not including 4 districts of the capital city Dushanbe) districts. {, class="wikitable" ! Type !! Native name !! Level !! Number , - ,

Districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

, , ноҳия
''nohiya'' , align="center", 2 , , align="center", 47 , - , Cities , , шаҳр
''shahr'' , align="center", 2 , , align="center", 18 , - , colspan="2", '' Jamoats'' , align="center", 3 , , align="center", 368 , - , Towns , , шаҳрак
''shahrak'' , align="center", 3 , , align="center", 65

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