Rudaki District (; ''Nohiyai Rudaki'') 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 ...

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, one of the

Districts of Republican Subordination Districts under Tajikistan Central Government Jurisdiction, also translated as Districts of Republican Subordination or Districts under Republic(an) Subordination (; , Latin Tajik alphabet: ), is a region in Tajikistan, consisting of 9 distric ...

. It stretches south from

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, bordering on Shahrinav District, the city of

Hisor Hisor () or Hisar (, ''Gissar'') is a city in western Tajikistan, about 15 km west of Dushanbe. The city was the seat of the former Hisar District, and is part of the Districts of Republican Subordination. It lies at an altitude of 799–824 ...

, and Varzob District from the north and northwest, Tajikistan's

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from the south and the east, and

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from the west. Its administrative capital is Somoniyon, a southern suburb of Dushanbe, called Leninsky in the Soviet period. The population of the district is 518,200 (January 2020 estimate). A border guard training center is located here, used by the

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. In October 2013, the Tajik Interior Ministry opened a new police station in the district.

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about and is divided administratively into three towns and thirteen jamoats. They are as follows:Jamoat-level basic indicators
United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 13 October 2020

References

{{Tajikistan-geo-stub Districts of Tajikistan Districts of Republican Subordination