Farkhor District (; ) is a
district
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 county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
in
Khatlon Region
Khatlon Region (), one of the four provinces of Tajikistan, is the most populous of the four first-level administrative regions in the country. It is situated in the southwest of the country, between the Hisor Range, Hisor (Gissar) Range in the n ...
,
Tajikistan
Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...
. Its capital is the town
Farkhor
Farkhor (), also called Parkhar (), is a city in southwestern Tajikistan, located on the border with Afghanistan. It is the capital of Farkhor District in Khatlon Region
Khatlon Region (), one of the four provinces of Tajikistan, is the most p ...
. The population of the district is 170,800 (January 2020 estimate).
Administrative divisions
The district has an area of about and is divided administratively into one town and nine
jamoats.
They are as follows:
[Jamoat-level basic indicators]
United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 8 October 2020
Notable people
*
Zulaykho (born 1993), pop singer
Notes
References
Districts of Khatlon Region
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