Executive Body of State Authority of the Kubodiyon District

GENERAL INFORMATION

ABOUT QUBODIYON DISTRICT

Qubodiyon District is one of the administrative districts of the Khatlon Region and is located in the southern part of the Republic of Tajikistan. The district was established on October 27, 1939, within the Stalinabad region of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic. Between 1930 and 1970, the district was named Mikoyanabad in honor of Soviet leader Anastas Mikoyan.

The population of the district is 175,620 people (as of January 1, 2017), including 86,229 men and 89,391 women.

Since January 4, 1944, the district became part of the Kurgan-Tyube Region.

The administrative center of the district is Qubodiyon settlement, located on the banks of the Kafirnigan River — a right tributary of the Panj River — 94 km southwest of Kurgan-Tyube and 2 km from the railway station. The distance from Qubodiyon to Dushanbe is 185 km.

The district covers an area of 1,834.4 km² in the Kafirnigan River valley. It borders Rudaki District to the north, Jilikul District to the east, Shahritus District to the west, and Qalai-Zol District of Kunduz Province in Afghanistan to the south.

HISTORY

People have lived in the Kafirnigan River valley since the second half of the first millennium BC. A developed irrigation system existed in the region. Agricultural lands on the right bank were irrigated by a canal whose source was located 18 km north of Qubodiyon, while another canal irrigated lands on the left bank.

Qubodiyon was first mentioned in “The History of al-Tabari” by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari in connection with the campaign of Asad ibn Abdullah to Khuttal in 725 AD.

After the Bukhara Revolution of 1920 and the establishment of the Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Qubodiyon became part of the Kurgan-Tyube Region, which existed until 1929, when it was transformed into a district.

The district consists of 1 settlement jamoat and 7 rural jamoats.

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION

Qubodiyon District is located in the Lower Kafirnigan Valley, in the southwestern part of Tajikistan, on the left bank of the Kafirnigan River at an altitude of 788 meters above sea level.

The district borders Shahritus District in the west, and Jilikul and Qumsangir districts in the east. The administrative center is the settlement of Nosiri Khusrav. The total area of the district is 1,878 km².

NATURE

The Qubodiyon Valley lies south of the Gissar-Alai mountain system and is surrounded by the mountain ranges of Bobotog, Oktog, Karatag, and Jelontoy.

In geographical studies, the valley is referred to as the “Tajik Depression.” The mountain ranges gradually decrease in elevation from northeast to southwest, from about 400 meters to 300–350 meters, eventually merging into the semi-desert landscapes along the Amu Darya River.

EDUCATION

The district has:

• 52 secondary schools

• 6 basic schools

• 2 state gymnasiums

• 1 private educational institution named after Barfigul

• 1 boarding school

• 1 additional education institution

• 1 information and communication technology center

• 1 center for identifying and developing talents

• 4 kindergartens

A total of 36,560 students study in schools, including 17,609 girls.

There are 2,095 teachers, of whom 1,270 are women.

Additionally, 33 child development centers have been established in schools, where 918 children, including 391 girls, receive preschool education.

HEALTHCARE

The district provides healthcare services through:

• Central District Hospital

• 3 regional hospitals

• 1 health center

• 16 rural health centers

• 33 medical points

Specialized medical centers include:

• dermatological and venereal disease center

• reproductive health center

• tropical disease control center

• healthy lifestyle promotion center

• integrated childhood disease center

• tuberculosis control center

• HIV/AIDS prevention center

• state sanitary and epidemiological supervision center.

The district has 147 doctors with higher medical education, including:

• 4 honored healthcare professionals

• 23 doctors of the highest category

• 17 of the first category

• 5 of the second category.

In hospital care services, 80 doctors and 290 mid-level medical staff are employed.

CULTURE

The district Department of Culture has operated in its current structure since 1991 and includes:

• 4 cultural and leisure centers

• 1 historical and local history museum

• 1 children's art school

• 18 public libraries

The cultural sector employs 86 people, including:

• 3 specialists with higher professional education

• 7 with higher general education.

Address: I. Somoni Street 200, Qubodiyon District, Khatlon Region, 735191, Republic of Tajikistan

Phone:
(83251) 2-22-33
(83251) 2-25-73

Email:
kadrho.qubodiyon@khatlon.tj
info@qubodiyon.tj