Spitamen District is a district in north-central Sughd

Sughd

Sughd Province is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces that make up Tajikistan. Centered in the historical Sogdiana, it is located in the northwest of the country, with an area of some 25,400 square kilometers and a population of 2,132,100 , up from 1,870,000...

, Tajikistan

Tajikistan

Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....

, stretching across the province's narrow part from the border with Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....

 to the border with Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...

. Population 98,600 (2003 data). Formerly called Nau District or Nov District , it was renamed Spitamen district by a resolution of parliament in November 2003. The district capital is Nau , located south-west of Khujand

Khujand

Khujand , also transliterated as Khudzhand, , formerly Khodjend or Khodzhent until 1936 and Leninabad until 1991, is the second-largest city of Tajikistan. It is situated on the Syr Darya River at the mouth of the Fergana Valley...

 at 40°8′59"N 69°22′12"E.

The district is named after Spitamen

Spitamenes

Spitamenes Sogdian warlord, leader of the uprising in Sogdiana and Bactria against Alexander of Macedon 329 BC....

 who led the Sogdians

Sogdiana

Sogdiana or Sogdia was the ancient civilization of an Iranian people and a province of the Achaemenid Empire, eighteenth in the list on the Behistun Inscription of Darius the Great . Sogdiana is "listed" as the second of the "good lands and countries" that Ahura Mazda created...

 in a revolt against the forces of Alexander the Great in 329-328 BCE.

Administrative divisions

The district is divided administratively into jamoats

Jamoats of Tajikistan

The Jamoats of Tajikistan refer to the third-level administrative divisions, similar to communes or municipalities, in the Central Asia country of Tajikistan...

. They are as follows (and population).

Jamoats of Spitamen District
Jamoat	Population
Kurkat Kurkat Kurkat is a town and jamoat in north-western Tajikistan. It is located in Spitamen District in Sughd province. The jamoat has a total population of 21,702.-References:...	21702
Kushtegirmon Kushtegirmon Kushtegirmon is a town and jamoat in north-western Tajikistan. It is located in Spitamen District in Sughd province. The jamoat has a total population of 6,442.-References:...	6442
Nau Nau, Tajikistan Nau, also Nov , is a town and jamoat in Tajikistan located in Sughd Province south-west of Khujand at . It is the administrative capital of Spitamen district with population of 14,300...	12910
Oqteppa Oqteppa Oqteppa is a town and jamoat in north-western Tajikistan. It is located in Spitamen District in Sughd province. The jamoat has a total population of 13,879.-References:...	13879
Tagoyak Tagoyak Tagoyak is a town and jamoat in north-western Tajikistan. It is located in Spitamen District in Sughd province. The jamoat has a total population of 12,047.-References:...	12047
Farmonkurgon Farmonkurgon Farmonkurgon is a town and jamoat in north-western Tajikistan. It is located in Spitamen District in Sughd province. The jamoat has a total population of 6,246.-References:...	6246
Shahraki Nov Shahraki Nov Shahraki Nov is a town and jamoat in north-western Tajikistan. It is located in Spitamen District in Sughd province. The jamoat has a total population of 23,578.-References:...	23578