Sughd Region

{{Short description|Region of Tajikistan}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Sughd Province | native_name = {{Nobold|{{nativename|tg|Вилояти Суғд}} {{nativename|ru|Согдийская область}}}} | native_name_lang = | other_name = | settlement_type = Province | image_skyline =  {{multiple image | border = infobox | perrow = 1/2/2/2/2 | total_width = 250 | image1 = View to Khujand.JPG | image2 = . - panoramio (60).jpg | image3 = Rudaki Tomb in Panjkent-after restored.jpg | image4 = Мадм-6.jpg | image5 = Yaghnob,Margeb.jpg | footer = From the top to bottom-right, Khujand, Panjakent District, Rudaki's Tomb, Ayni District, Yaghnob River}} | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | etymology = | nickname = | image_map = Sughd Province in Tajikistan.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Sughd in Tajikistan | coordinates = {{coord|39|30|N|69|0|E|display=it}} | area_total_km2 = 25200 | area_rank = | population_as_of = 2020 | population_footnotes = <ref name=pop2020>{{cite web|url=http://stat.ww.tj/posts/July2020/macmua_20201.pdf |title=Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020 |publisher=Statistics office of Tajikistan |access-date=2 October 2020 |language=ru }}</ref> | population_total = 2,707,300 | population_density_km2 = auto | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Tajikistan}} | subdivision_type1 = Capital | subdivision_name1 = Khujand | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | iso_code = TJ-SU | blank_name_sec1 = HDI (2023) | blank_info_sec1 = 0.695<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=29 November 2025}}</ref> {{color|#ffa500|medium}} | blank1_name_sec2 = {{nowrap|Official languages}} | blank1_info_sec2 = {{plainlist| *Russian (Interethnic) *Tajik (State)<ref name="КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН">{{cite web |title=КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН |url=http://prokuratura.tj/ru/legislation/the-constitution-of-the-republic-of-tajikistan.html |website=prokuratura.tj |publisher=Parliament of Tajikistan |access-date=9 January 2020}}</ref>}} | website =  }}

'''Sughd Province''',{{efn|{{bulletedlist|{{langx|tg|Вилояти Суғд|Viloyati Sug‘d}}, {{small|Persian alphabet:}} {{lang|fa|ولایت سغد}}, {{IPA|tg|ʋɪlɔˈjatʰɪ ˈsʊʁd|IPA}}|{{langx|uz|Суғд вилояти|Sugʻd viloyati}}|{{langx|ru|Согдийская область}}}}}} also referred to as the '''Sogdia Region''', and '''Leninabad''' before 2001,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/Tajik_Communists_Fear_Regions_Largest_Lenin_Statue_To_Be_Removed/2056816.html|title=Tajik Communists Fear Region's Largest Lenin Statue To Be Removed|website=rferl.org|access-date=2024-12-01}}</ref> is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces that make up Tajikistan. Centered in 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),<ref name=pop2020/> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusinfo.tj/libraries/aspx/dataview.aspx|title=CensusInfo - Data|website=www.censusinfo.tj|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref>

The province shares a border with Uzbekistan (Surxondaryo, Qashqadaryo, Jizzakh, Sirdaryo, Namangan, Samarkand, Tashkent and Fergana regions), Kyrgyzstan (Osh and Batken regions) and Districts of Republican Subordination. 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<ref name=pop2020/> and one-third of its arable land.<ref>''Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan'', statistical yearbook, State Statistical Committee, Dushanbe, 2008</ref> It produces two-thirds of the country's GDP.<ref>Robert Middleton and Huw Thomas, 'Tajikistan and the High Pamirs', Odyssey Books, 2008, page 166</ref>

==Economy== [[File:Бозори Панҷшанбе.jpg|thumb|Indoor market in Khujand]] The economy of Sughd has been growing steadily since 2000, at the average rate of 13.2% in 2008 and 13.3% in 2009.<ref name="ReferenceA">''Socio-economic situation of the Sughd oblast'', Statistics Committee of Sughd oblast, Khujand: January–March 2010 (in Tajik and Russian)</ref> In 2009, farming, trade and industrial production contributed 28.2%, 25.8% and 14.0% to the GRP (gross regional product) of Sughd, respectively.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Since 2000, the output of industrial production increased two-fold, at an average annual growth rate of 5–8%.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

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

==Demographics== {{Historical populations |title = |align = left |clear = |direction = |percentages = pagr |state = |type = |shading = off |width = |subbox = |pop_name = |year_name = Year |percent_name = |footnote = |source = Citypopulation<ref>{{cite web |title=Tajikistan: Provinces|url=http://www.citypopulation.de/en/tajikistan/|website=www.citypopulation.de |language=en}}</ref> |percol = |cols = |perrow = |rows = |1979 |1,194,683 |1989 |1,558,158 |1999 |1,871,979 |2010 |2,233,550 |2020 |2,707,300 }} {{clear}}

==Districts== The province is divided into 10 districts ({{langx|tg|ноҳия}}, ''nohiya'' or {{langx|ru|район}}, ''raion'') and 8 district-level cities. Furthermore, several cities (''shahr'') also cover other towns (''shahrak'') and rural localities. These are listed under "city districts".<ref name=pop2020/>

===Districts of Sughd=== *Asht District *Ayni District *Devashtich District *Ghafurov District *Kuhistoni Mastchoh District *Mastchoh District *Spitamen District *Jabbor Rasulov District *Shahriston District *Zafarobod District

===City districts=== [[File:Khujand River.jpg|thumb|Khujand]] Sughd province counts the following 8 district-level cities (with population estimate as of 2020):<ref name=pop2020/> * Khujand (Leninabad) (183,600) * Buston (Chkalovsk) (34,000) * Guliston (Kayrakkum) (18,000) * Istiqlol (Taboshar) (17,600) * Isfara (51,700) * Istaravshan (Ura-Tyube) (65,600) * Konibodom (52,500) * Panjakent (43,300)

==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== {{Notelist}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== *{{cite book |title=The Arab Conquests in Central Asia |author=Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb |author-link=Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb |publisher=Read Books |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-4067-5239-7 }} reprinted from the 1923 edition, published by the Royal Asiatic Society {{OCLC|474026895}}. *{{Lands of the Eastern Caliphate}}

==External links== * [http://www.citypopulation.de/Tajikistan.html citypopulation.de] * [http://www.fezsughd.tj/en/ Official Website of the Free Economic Zone of Sughd]

{{Sughd}} {{Geographic location |Centre = Sughd Province |North = Tashkent Region, {{flag|Uzbekistan}} |Northeast = Namangan Region, {{flag|Uzbekistan}} Fergana Region, {{flag|Uzbekistan}} |East = {{flagicon image|Batken obl flag.svg}} Batken Region, {{flag|Kyrgyzstan}} |Southeast = Districts of Republican Subordination |South = |Southwest = Qashqadaryo Region, {{flag|Uzbekistan}} Surxondaryo Region, {{flag|Uzbekistan}} |West = Jizzax Region, {{flag|Uzbekistan}} Samarqand Region, {{flag|Uzbekistan}} |Northwest = Sirdaryo Region, {{flag|Uzbekistan}} }} {{Provinces and regions of Tajikistan}} {{Authority control}}

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