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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]

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

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[map-0] Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2007, "Map Factory" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe, 2007

[1] Population of the Republic of Tajikistan, State Statistical Committee, Dushanbe, 2008

[2] Beshkent district renamed Nosiri Khusrav district, 2004 (Russian)

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