Tursunzoda district
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Tursunzoda District is the westernmost district of the Districts of Republican Subordination (RRP
RRP
RRP can stand for:*Recommended retail price*Radical right-wing populism*Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis*Rembrandt Research Project*Richard Parry *Richard Rogers Partnership, now known as Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners...

), bordering on 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....

 in the west and enclosed by Tajikistan's Shahrinaw District
Shahrinaw district
Shahrinaw District or Nohiyai Shahrinaw is a district belonging to the Districts of Republican Subordination in Tajikistan, lying between Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe and Uzbekistan. The Shahrinaw District borders on Tursunzoda District in the west, Hisor District in the east, and Rudaki District...

 from the other directions. Its capital is Tursunzoda, called Regar, or "a town on sand", until 1978. Thanks to its warm weather and plentiful irrigation from the local rivers (Shirkent, Karatag, Kofarnihon
Kofarnihon River
Kofarnihon River or Kofirnihan is one of the major tributaries of Amudarya...

), Tursunzoda district is a major grower of rice and cotton in Tajikistan. In 2006 it produced 1,400 tons of rice (13% of Tajikistan's rice harvest) and 7,300 tons of cotton (3% of Tajikistan's cotton harvest). It ranks first in the production of these commodities among the districts in RRP
RRP
RRP can stand for:*Recommended retail price*Radical right-wing populism*Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis*Rembrandt Research Project*Richard Parry *Richard Rogers Partnership, now known as Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners...

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