Spitamen district

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official_name = Nau
native_name = Spitamen district


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latd=40|latm=08|lats=59|latNS=N
longd=69|longm=22|longs=12|longEW=E
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Spitamen district is a district in north-central Sughd, stretching across the province's narrow part from the border with Uzbekistan to the border with Kyrgyzstan. Population 98,600 (2003 data). ["Republic of Tajikistan", map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe] Formerly called Nau district ( _ru. Науский район) or Nov district ( _tg. Nohiya-i Nov, Ноҳияи Нов; Persian: ناحیۀ ناو), it was renamed Spitamen district by a resolution of parliament in November 2003. [ [http://www.tajik-gateway.org/index.phtml?lang=ru&id=3638 Renaming of Nau district to Spitamen district] , Parliamentary Resolution No. 564, Majlisi Milli Majlisi Oli, 23 November 2003 ru icon. ] The district capital is Nau ( _tg. Нов, "Nov"), located south-west of Khujand at coord|40|8|59|N|69|22|12|E|display=inline,title.

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