Sughd area area

Spitamen district

Spitamen district administrative district in the Sughd area the Republic of Tajikistan.

The regional center - the city of Nau, located 28 km southwest of the city of Khujand.

Geography

Spitamen area is located in the valley of the Syr Darya and its left tributary of the Aksu. It has borders with Matcha district in the east - with-Jabbar Rasulovsky district in the west - with Ganchi Sughd area region of Tajikistan, on the south - the area Laylakskim Batken region of Kyrgyzstan.

The territory of the district is Spitamen 355.7 thousand square meters. km.

Administrative Division

The structure consists of an area Spitamen township - Nau and 6 rural communities (tadzh. ҷamoat):

History

Spitamen District was formed September 29, 1926 as Nausky area Khojent oruga Uzbek SSR. May 10, 1929, decision of the III Congress of Soviets of the Uzbek SSR Khodjent district was transferred to the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (the actual transfer was completed in October 1929).

November 21, 2003 Decree № 460 of the National Assembly of the Republic of Tajikistan in the area was renamed Spitamenes [3] in honor of Spitamen - al-pers. Spitamana, etc., Greek. Σπιταμένη, 370 - 328 years. BCE. Oe.) Sogdian warlord, leader of the rebellion in Sogdiana and Bactria against Alexander of Macedon in 329 BC. e. ..