Administratively, Tajikistan is divided into: one autonomous region (; ), Gorno-Badakhshan two regions (; ; ; sing. , ) the Districts under Central Government Jurisdiction the capital city, Dushanbe
List of regions No. Name Russian Tajik ISO Capital Area (km2) Pop. (2000) Pop. (2010) Pop. (2019) 1 Sughd Region Sogdijskaya oblastʹ Viloyati Sughd TJ-SU Khujand 25,400 1,871,979 2,233,550 2,658,400 2 Districts under Republic Subordination Rajoni respublikanskovo podchineniya Nohiyahoi tobei jumhurī TJ-RA Dushanbe 28,600 1,337,479 1,722,908 2,120,000 3 Khatlon Region Khatlonskaya oblastʹ Viloyati Khatlon TJ-KT Bokhtar 24,800 2,150,136 2,677,251 3,274,900 4 Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region Gorno-Badakhshanskaya avtonomnaya oblastʹ Viloyati Mukhtori Kūhistoni Badakhshon TJ-GB Khorugh 64,200 206,004 205,949 226,900 – Dushanbe Dushanbe Dushanbe TJ-DU Dushanbe 124.6 561,895 724,844 846,400
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Administrative divisions Each region is divided into districts (, nohiya or , rayon), which are further subdivided into municipal units: either as urban municipalities called either as cities (, "cities") or towns (, "towns"), or as rural municipalities called jamoats (, "village communes"), which in turn are further subdivided into villages/settlements (, "villages/hamlets").
As of 2020, Tajikistan has a total of 47 (not including 4 districts of the capital city Dushanbe) districts; prior to 2017 it had about 58.
Type Native name Level Number Districts ноҳияnohiya 2 47 Cities шаҳрshahr 2 18 Jamoats 3 368 Towns шаҳракshahrak 3 65
See also Districts of Tajikistan List of regions of Tajikistan by Human Development Index ISO 3166-2:TJ Yagnob Valley
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