Asht District or Nohiya-i Asht (; ) is a district in the northernmost tip of Sughd Region, Tajikistan, bordering on Uzbekistan to the north, the east, and the south. Its capital is the town Shaydon.Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojjikoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe The population of the district is 168,100 (January 2020 estimate). Sarvan, a Tajik exclave in Uzbekistan, is in this district.
Administrative divisions The district has an area of about and is divided administratively into one town and eight jamoats. They are as follows:Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 2 October 2020
Jamoat Population (Jan. 2015) Shaydon (town) 15,300 Asht 21,409 Iftikhor 11,201 Mehrobod 13,123 Oriyon 17,487 Oshoba 21,260 Ponghoz 28,532 Punuk 8,841 Shodoba 8,990
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