Temurmalik district

Temurmalik district or Nohiya-i Temurmalik ( _tg. Ноҳияи Темурмалик) is a district in Khatlon province of Tajikistan, located south of the Vakhsh Range along the middle course of Kyzylsu River. Population 49,900 (2300 data). ["Republic of Tajikistan", map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe] Before 1957 called Qizil-Mazor district ( _tg. Ноҳияи Қизил Мазор) or Kzyl-Mazar district ( _ru. Кзыл-Мазарский район), then renamed Sovetskiy district ( _ru. Советский район), and in 2004 given its present name Temurmalik district. [ [http://whp057.narod.ru/kulya.htm Qizil-Mazor (Kzyl-Mazar) district renamed Sovetskiy district] , 1957 ru icon] [ [http://whp057.narod.ru/hatlo.htm Sovetskiy district renamed Temurmalik district] , 2004 ru icon] The new name honors a medieval military hero, Temurmalik, who in 1220 led the people of Khujand (now Sughd) in their struggle for independence from the Mongols. [ [http://consulrus.tj/?id=koso Temarmulik as a 13th century national hero] ru icon]

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