Sughd Region

Coordinates : 39°30′N 69°0′E  /  39.500°N 69.000°E  / 39.500; 69.000
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Sughd Province
Вилояти Су?д (in Tajik)
Согдийская область (in Russian)
Province
Sughd in Tajikistan
Sughd in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 39°30′N 69°0′E  /  39.500°N 69.000°E  / 39.500; 69.000
Country   Tajikistan
Capital Khujand
Area
 ? Total 25,200 km 2 (9,700 sq mi)
Population
  (2020) [1]
 ? Total 2,707,300
 ? Density 110/km 2 (280/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code TJ-SU
HDI (2017) 0.659 [2]
medium
Official languages

Sughd Province ( Tajik : Вилояти Су?д , romanized :  Viloyati Sughd , lit.   ' Sogdia Region'; Persian : ????? ??? ) is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces ( Tajik : вилоят?о , romanized :  viloyatho ; Persian : ????? ) that make up Tajikistan . Centered in the historical Sogdiana , it is located in the northwest of the country, with an area of some 25,400 square kilometers and a population of 2,707,300 (2020 estimate), [1] up from 2,233,550 according to the 2010 census and 1,871,979 in 2000. The capital is Khujand . The Province's ethnic composition in 2010 was 84% Tajik, 14.8% Uzbek, 0.6% Kyrgyz, 0.4% Russian and 0.1% Tatar. [4]

The province shares a border with the Jizzakh , Namangan , Samarkand and Fergana regions of Uzbekistan , and the Osh and Batken regions of Kyrgyzstan . The Syr Darya river flows through it. It contains the Akash Massif and Mogoltau Massif Important Bird Areas . Sughd is separated from the rest of Tajikistan by the Gissar Range (passes may be closed in winter). The southern part of the region is the east-west valley of the upper Zarafshan River . North, over the Turkestan Range, is the Ferghana Valley . The region has 29% of Tajikistan's population [1] and one-third of its arable land . [5] It produces two-thirds of the country's GDP. [6]

Economy [ edit ]

Indoor market in Khujand

The economy of Sughd has been growing steadily since 2000, at the average rate of 13.2% in 2008 and 13.3% in 2009. [7] In 2009, farming, trade and industrial production contributed 28.2%, 25.8% and 14.0% to the GRP (gross regional product) of Sughd, respectively. [7] Since 2000, the output of industrial production increased two-fold, at an average annual growth rate of 5?8%. [7]

A free economic zone has been established in the region called Sughd Free Economic Zone .

Demographics [ edit ]

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1979 1,194,683 ?    
1989 1,558,158 +2.69%
1999 1,871,979 +1.85%
2010 2,233,550 +1.62%
2020 2,707,300 +1.94%
Source: Citypopulation [8]

Cities [ edit ]

Khujand

Sughd province counts the following 8 district-level cities (with population estimate as of 2020): [1]

Districts [ edit ]

The province is divided into 10 districts ( Tajik : но?ия , nohiya or Russian : район , raion ). Furthermore, several cities ( shahr ) also cover other towns ( shahrak ) and rural localities. These are listed under "city districts". [1]

Districts of Sughd [ edit ]

City districts [ edit ]

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan . Retrieved 2 October 2020 .
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab" . hdi.globaldatalab.org . Retrieved 2018-09-13 .
  3. ^ "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН" . prokuratura.tj . Parliament of Tajikistan . Retrieved 9 January 2020 .
  4. ^ "CensusInfo - Data" . www.censusinfo.tj . Retrieved 2019-09-09 .
  5. ^ Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan , statistical yearbook,State Statistical Committee, Dushanbe, 2008
  6. ^ Robert Middleton and Huw Thomas, 'Tajikistan and the High Pamirs', Odyssey Books, 2008, page 166
  7. ^ a b c Socio-economic situation of the Sughd oblast , Statistics Committee of Sughd oblast, Khujand: January?March 2010 (in Tajik and Russian)
  8. ^ "Tajikistan: Provinces" . www.citypopulation.de .

Further reading [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

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