Ovchiqal'acha (; ) is a

jamoat The jamoats of Tajikistan (; , "village communes") are the third-level administrative divisions, similar to communes or municipalities, in the Central Asian country of Tajikistan. As of January 2020, there are 368 rural jamoats, 65 towns and 18 ci ...

in north-west

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 ...

. It is located in

Ghafurov District Ghafurov District (; ) is a district in the northern part of Sughd Region, Tajikistan. Its capital is Ghafurov, a town in the south of the district. The district surrounds, but does not include the cities Khujand Khujand, sometimes spelled Kh ...

Sughd Region 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 north ...

. The jamoat has a total population of 21,585 (2015).Jamoat-level basic indicators
United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 5 October 2020 It consists of 9 villages, including

Qal'acha Qal'acha (; ) is a village in Sughd Region, northern Tajikistan. It is part of the jamoat Ovchi Kalacha in Ghafurov District Ghafurov District (; ) is a district in the northern part of Sughd Region, Tajikistan. Its capital is Ghafurov, a town ...

(the seat).

History

The jamoat has been hit with Kyrgyzstani shelling and drone strikes as part of the 2022 Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan clashes, with the Tajikistani government claiming that Kyrgyzstani drones had struck a school and mosque in the jamoat.

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References

Populated places in Sughd Region Jamoats of Tajikistan {{Sughd-geo-stub