Sughd
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| Country | Tajikistan |
| Capital | Khujand |
| Area | 26,100 km² (10,077 sq mi) |
| Population | 1,870,000 (2000) |
| ISO 3166-2 | TJ-SU |
Sughd (Tajik: Суғд) (Sogdiana) is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces (or Вилоятҳо, Viloyatkho) which make up Tajikistan and is located in the northwest of the country. It has an area of some 26,100 square kilometers, and the population is 1,870,000 according to the 2000 census (up from 1,558,000 in 1989).
The region shares a border with the Jizakh, Namangan, Samarkand and Fergana regions of Uzbekistan, and the Osh and Batken regions of Kyrgyzstan. The Syr Darya river flows through it.
It was known as Leninabad until 1991, then Leninobod until 2000, then Sogd until 2004.
The capital is Khujand (formerly Leninabad) . Other major towns include:
[edit] Districts
- Aini district
- Asht district
- Ghafurov district
- Ghonchi district
- Zafarobod district
- Istarawshan district
- Isfara district
- Konibodom district
- Kuhistoni Mastchoh district
- Qairoqqum district
- Mastchoh district
- Nov district
- Panjakent district
- Jabbor Rasulov district
- Chkalov district
- Shahriston district
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