title: Panj District
text: # Panj District
  
  Panj District (Russian: Пянджский район; Tajik: Ноҳияи Панҷ Nohiyai Panj) is a district in Khatlon Region, Tajikistan. Its capital is Panj. The population of the district is 119,700 (January 2020 estimate). The district has been an area of ethnic tensions betweek its Uzbek and Tajik residents. During the early Soviet period the district was officially named Kirovobod District.
  
  ## Administrative divisions
  
  The district has an area of about 900 $km^2$ (300 sq mi) and is divided administratively into one town and five jamoats. They are as follows:
  
  | Jamoat | Population (Jan. 2015) |
  | - | - |
  | Panj (town) | 11,700 |
  | Kabut Sayfutdinov | 22,684 |
  | Mehvar | 17,298 |
  | Namuna | 21,321 |
  | Nuri Vahdat | 13,425 |
  | Ozodagon | 20,748 |
  