title: Spitamen District
text: # Spitamen District
  
  Spitamen District (Russian: Спитаменский район; Tajik: Ноҳияи Спитамен) is a district in north-central Sughd, Tajikistan, stretching across the province's narrow part from the border with Uzbekistan to the border with Kyrgyzstan. Population 141,600 (2020 est.). Formerly called Nau District (Russian: Науский район) or Nov District (Tajik: Nohiya-i Nov, Ноҳияи Нов; Persian: ناحیۀ ناو), it was renamed Spitamen district by a resolution of parliament in November 2003. The district capital is Navkat, located south-west of Khujand.
  
  The district is named after Spitamen who led the Sogdians in a revolt against the forces of Alexander the Great in 329-328 BCE.
  
  ## Administrative divisions
  
  The district has an area of about 400 $km^2$ (200 sq mi) and is divided administratively into one town and six jamoats. They are as follows:
  
  | Jamoat | Population (Jan. 2015) |
  | - | - |
  | Navkat (town) | 16,900 |
  | Istiqlol | 18,015 |
  | Khurramzamin | |
  | Kurush | 26,469 |
  | Sarband | 8,502 |
  | Tagoyak | 16,224 |
  | Tursun Uljaboev | 16,874 |
  