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Sughd Province

Вилояти Суғд (Tajik)
Согдийская область (Russian)
Sughd Province Вилояти Суғд (Tajik); Согдийская область (Russian)
Province
	From the top to bottom-right, Khujand, Panjakent District, Rudaki's Tomb, Ayni District, Yaghnob River
	Sughd in Tajikistan
	Coordinates: 39°30′N 69°0′E / 39.500°N 69.000°E
Country	Tajikistan
Capital	Khujand
Area
• Total	25,200 km2 (9,700 sq mi)
Population (2020)
• Total	2,707,300
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	TJ-SU
HDI (2017)	0.659; medium
Official languages	Russian (Interethnic); Tajik (State);

Sughd Province,^[a] also referred to as the Sogdia Region, and Leninabad before 2001,^[4] is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces 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.^[5]

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.^[6] It produces two-thirds of the country's GDP.^[7]

Economy

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

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

Demographics

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^[9]

Cities

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

Buston (Chkalovsk) (34,000)
Guliston (Kayrakkum) (18,000)
Isfara (51,700)
Istaravshan (Ura-Tyube) (65,600)
Istiqlol (Taboshar) (17,600)
Khujand (Leninabad) (183,600)
Konibodom (52,500)
Panjakent (43,300)

Districts

The province is divided into 10 districts (Tajik: ноҳия, 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

City districts

Notable people

Ruslan Ablayev (born 1972), Russian professional football coach and former player
Lex Fridman, Host of the Lex Fridman podcast and Youtube series, researcher at MIT

Notes

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- Tajik: Вилояти Суғд, romanized: Viloyati Sug‘d, Persian alphabet: ولایت سغد, IPA: [ʋɪlɔˈjatʰɪ ˈsʊʁd]
- Uzbek: Суғд вилояти, romanized: Sugʻd viloyati
- Russian: Согдийская область

References

^ ^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.
^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
^ "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
^ "Tajik Communists Fear Region's Largest Lenin Statue To Be Removed". rferl.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
^ "CensusInfo - Data". www.censusinfo.tj. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
^ Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan, statistical yearbook,State Statistical Committee, Dushanbe, 2008
^ Robert Middleton and Huw Thomas, 'Tajikistan and the High Pamirs', Odyssey Books, 2008, page 166
^ ^a ^b ^c Socio-economic situation of the Sughd oblast, Statistics Committee of Sughd oblast, Khujand: January–March 2010 (in Tajik and Russian)
^ "Tajikistan: Provinces". www.citypopulation.de.

External links

[4] 
Tajik: Вилояти Суғд, romanized: Viloyati Sug‘d, Persian alphabet: ولایت سغد, IPA: [ʋɪlɔˈjatʰɪ ˈsʊʁd]
Uzbek: Суғд вилояти, romanized: Sugʻd viloyati
Russian: Согдийская область

[2] Tajik: Вилояти Суғд, romanized: Viloyati Sug‘d, Persian alphabet: ولایت سغد, IPA: [ʋɪlɔˈjatʰɪ ˈsʊʁd]

[3] Uzbek: Суғд вилояти, romanized: Sugʻd viloyati

[4] Russian: Согдийская область

[pop2020-1] "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Retrieved 2 October 2020.

[GlobalDataLab-2] "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.

[КОНСТИТУЦИЯ_РЕСПУБЛИКИ_ТАДЖИКИСТАН-3] "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.

[5] "Tajik Communists Fear Region's Largest Lenin Statue To Be Removed". rferl.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.

[6] "CensusInfo - Data". www.censusinfo.tj. Retrieved 2019-09-09.

[7] Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan, statistical yearbook,State Statistical Committee, Dushanbe, 2008

[8] Robert Middleton and Huw Thomas, 'Tajikistan and the High Pamirs', Odyssey Books, 2008, page 166

[ReferenceA-9] Socio-economic situation of the Sughd oblast, Statistics Committee of Sughd oblast, Khujand: January–March 2010 (in Tajik and Russian)

[10] "Tajikistan: Provinces". www.citypopulation.de.

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Sughd Region

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Districts of Sughd

City districts

Notable people

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References

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