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Tajikistan is divided into 3 provinces (Tajik: Вилоят, viloyat, plural: Вилоятҳо, viloyatho) and one autonomous province (viloyati mukhtor). Additionally, Dushanbe, the capital city, is independent of viloyat-level administrative divisions.
| Division |
ISO 3166-2 |
Capital |
Area (sq. km) |
Pop (2006) |
Key |
| Sughd |
TJ-SU |
Khujand |
25,400 |
2,060,900 |
1 |
| Region of Republican Subordination |
TJ-RR |
Dushanbe |
28,600 |
1,531,300 |
2 |
| Khatlon |
TJ-KT |
Qurghonteppa |
24,800 |
2,463,300 |
3 |
| Gorno-Badakhshan |
TJ-BG |
Khorugh |
64,200 |
218,400 |
4 |
Source: Population and area from State Statistical Committee of Tajikistan [1]
Each region is divided into districts (raion or nohiya), which are further subdivided into jamoats, and then villages (qyshloqs). Tajikistan has a total of 59 districts.
[edit] See also
[edit] References and footnotes
- ^ Tajikistan: 15 Years of State Independence, Statistical Yearbook, Dushanbe, 2006, in Russian
