Nosiri Khusrav District

Location in Tajikistan

Nosiri Khusrav District, sometimes Nosiri Khisrav District (Tajik: ноҳияи Носири Хусрав, Nohiya-i Nosiri Khusrav), is located in the south-western corner of Khatlon province of Tajikistan on the Amu Darya, an enclave within the Shahrtuz district.^[1] Population 27,400 (2008 est.).^[2] Until 2004 called Beshkent District (Tajik: ноҳияи Бешкент); then renamed in honor of the 11th century Persian-Tajik poet Nosiri Khusrav (sometimes also Khisrav).^[3] The district capital is Bakhori, a village at the northernmost tip of the district.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2007, "Map Factory" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe, 2007
2. ^ Population of the Republic of Tajikistan, State Statistical Committee, Dushanbe, 2008
3. ^ Beshkent district renamed Nosiri Khusrav district, 2004 (Russian)