Dzhami District

Jomi District (Tajik: Ноҳияи Абдураҳмони Ҷомӣ/Persian: ناحیه عبدالرحمان جامی‎‎) is a district in Khatlon Province of Tajikistan, located north of the provincial capital Kurgan-Tyube (Qurghonteppa). Population 109,200 (2003 data). Called Kuybyshevskiy District in Soviet times, then Hojamaston District until 2004, and finally renamed Dzhami (or Jomi) district in honor of the 15th century Tajik-Persian Poet Abdurahman Jami (Tajik: Ҷомӣ, transliterated as Jomi). The district capital is still listed as Kuybyshev or Kuybyshevsk.

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