Hamadoni District

Hamadoni District (Tajik: Ноҳияи Ҳамадони / Persian: ناحیۀ همهدانی‎‎)
Hamadoni District Moskovskiy Location in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 37°39′24″N 69°37′45″E / 37.65667°N 69.62917°ECoordinates: 37°39′24″N 69°37′45″E / 37.65667°N 69.62917°E
Country	Tajikistan
Province	Khatlon
Capital	Moskovskiy
Population (2008)
• Total	128,9
• Ethnicities	Tajik
• Languages	Tajik-Persian
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Website	tj

Hamadoni District (Tajik: Ноҳияи Ҳамадони / Persian: ناحیۀ همهدانی‎‎) is a district in the south-east of Khatlon Province of Tajikistan, located south of Kulob and stretching along a section of the Panj on the border with Afghanistan. Population 123,800 (2007 data).^[1] Between 1950 and 2004 called Moskovskiy District,^[2] then renamed in honor of Mir Said Ali Hamadoni, a 14th-century Persian poet,saint and scholar who is buried in Khatlon.

The district capital is Moskovskiy or Moskva (Tajik: Маскав)^[3] (located at 37°39′24″N 69°37′45″E / 37.65667°N 69.62917°E).^[4]

References

1. Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2008, State Committee of Statistics, Dushanbe, 2008 (Russian)
2. Moskovskiy district renamed Hamadoni district, 2004 (Russian)
3. Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe
4. Location of Moskva, the capital of Hamadoni district