Rudaki District (; Nohiyai Rudaki) is a district in Tajikistan, one of the Districts of Republican Subordination. It stretches south from Dushanbe, bordering on Shahrinav District, the city of Hisor, and Varzob District from the north and northwest, Tajikistan's Khatlon Region from the south and the east, and Uzbekistan from the west. Its administrative capital is Somoniyon, a southern suburb of Dushanbe, called Leninsky in the Soviet period.Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe The population of the district is 518,200 (January 2020 estimate).
A border guard training center is located here, used by the Tajik Border Troops. In October 2013, the Tajik Interior Ministry opened a new police station in the district.
Administrative divisions The district has an area of about and is divided administratively into three towns and thirteen jamoats. They are as follows:Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 13 October 2020
Jamoat Population (Jan. 2015) Navobod (town) 9,100 Somoniyon (town) 22,600 Mirzo Tursunzoda (town) 17,900 Chimteppa 45,221 Chorgulteppa 37,551 Chorteppa 32,076 Choryakkoron 14,496 Esanboy 20,072 Guliston 41,130 Kiblai 13,860 Lohur 20,047 Rohati 32,152 Rossiya 31,030 Sarikishti 38,474 Sultonobod 16,066 Zainabobod 36,844
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