Shughnon District
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Friendship Bridge between Afghanistan and Tajikistan across the river Panj in Shughnon District A view of the Panj, the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan in Shughnon District Shughnon 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 eastern
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 ...
, in the central-western part of
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region Gorno-Badakhshan, officially the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region in eastern Tajikistan, in the Pamir Mountains. It makes up nearly forty-five percent of the country's land area but only two percent of its popul ...
(GBAO). It is bordered by the river Panj and Afghanistan on the west, the Rushan Range and
Rushon District Rushon District; , is a district in east Tajikistan, in the west-central part of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO). It stretches along the river Bartang between the Yazgulem Range to the north and the Rushon Range to the south.''R ...
on the north,
Murghob District Murghob District () is a district in Tajikistan, occupying the eastern two-thirds of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO). The area of Murghob District is 37,300 km2, covering 26 percent of Tajikistan's soil, but only 0.17% of its popula ...
on the east and the Shughnon Range and
Roshtqal'a District Roshtqal'a District (, , also spelled Roshtkala from Russian transliteration) is a district in eastern Tajikistan, in the south-western part of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO). It stretches along the river Shakhdara between the Sh ...
on the south. It corresponds to the valley of the river
Gunt The Gunt (, ''Ghund'' or Аличур ''Alichur'', historically in English also ''Ghund'') is a river in the south of Tajikistan, north of the Shughnon Range. It is long and has a basin area of . The district seat is the village
Vahdat Vahdat () is a city in western Tajikistan, on the bank of the Kofarnihon River, 21 km east of Dushanbe. It was previously called Yangi-Bozor (1927–1936), Orjonikidzeobod (1936–1993, after Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze) and Kofarnihon (1993–200 ...
. The population of Shughnon District is 38,000 (1 January 2020 estimate).


Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about and is divided administratively into seven jamoats. They are as follows:Jamoat-level basic indicators
United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 3 October 2020


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References

Districts of Tajikistan Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region {{Tajikistan-geo-stub