Sughd Region#Districts

{{Short description|Region of Tajikistan}}

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| name = Sughd Province

| native_name = {{Nobold|{{nativename|tg|Вилояти Суғд}}
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| image1 = View to Khujand.JPG

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| image3 = Rudaki Tomb in Panjkent-after restored.jpg

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| image5 = Yaghnob,Margeb.jpg

| footer = From the top to bottom-right, Khujand, Panjakent District, Rudaki's Tomb, Ayni District, Yaghnob River}}

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| coordinates = {{coord|39|30|N|69|0|E|display=it}}

| area_total_km2 = 25200

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| population_as_of = 2020

| population_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://stat.ww.tj/posts/July2020/macmua_20201.pdf |title=Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020 |publisher=Statistics office of Tajikistan |access-date=2 October 2020 |language=ru }}

| population_total = 2,707,300

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| subdivision_name = {{flag|Tajikistan}}

| subdivision_type1 = Capital

| subdivision_name1 = Khujand

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| iso_code = TJ-SU

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• Russian (Interethnic)
• Tajik (State){{cite web |title=КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН |url=http://prokuratura.tj/ru/legislation/the-constitution-of-the-republic-of-tajikistan.html |website=prokuratura.tj |publisher=Parliament of Tajikistan |access-date=9 January 2020}}}}

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Sughd Province,{{efn|{{bulletedlist|{{langx|tg|Вилояти Суғд|Viloyati Sug‘d}}, {{small|Persian alphabet:}} {{lang|fa|ولایت سغد}}, {{IPA|tg|ʋɪlɔˈjatʰɪ ˈsʊʁd|IPA}}|{{langx|uz|Суғд вилояти|Sugʻd viloyati}}|{{langx|ru|Согдийская область}}}}}} also referred to as the Sogdia Region, and Leninabad before 2001,{{cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/Tajik_Communists_Fear_Regions_Largest_Lenin_Statue_To_Be_Removed/2056816.html|title=Tajik Communists Fear Region's Largest Lenin Statue To Be Removed|website=rferl.org|access-date=2024-12-01}} 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 2,707,300 (2020 estimate), up from 2,233,550 according to the 2010 census and 1,871,979 in 2000. The capital is Khujand. The Province's ethnic composition in 2010 was 84% Tajik, 14.8% Uzbek, 0.6% Kyrgyz, 0.4% Russian and 0.1% Tatar.{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusinfo.tj/libraries/aspx/dataview.aspx|title=CensusInfo - Data|website=www.censusinfo.tj|access-date=2019-09-09}}

The province shares a border with Uzbekistan (Surxondaryo, Qashqadaryo, Jizzakh, Sirdaryo, Namangan, Samarkand, Tashkent and Fergana regions), Kyrgyzstan (Osh and Batken regions) and Districts of Republican Subordination. The Syr Darya river flows through it. It contains the Akash Massif and Mogoltau Massif Important Bird Areas. Sughd is separated from the rest of Tajikistan by the Gissar Range (passes may be closed in winter). The southern part of the region is the east-west valley of the upper Zarafshan River. North, over the Turkestan Range, is the Ferghana Valley. The region has 29% of Tajikistan's population and one-third of its arable land.Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan, statistical yearbook,State Statistical Committee, Dushanbe, 2008 It produces two-thirds of the country's GDP.Robert Middleton and Huw Thomas, 'Tajikistan and the High Pamirs', Odyssey Books, 2008, page 166