Spitamen District (; ) is a district in north-central Sughd, Tajikistan, stretching across the province's narrow part from the border with Uzbekistan to the border with Kyrgyzstan.Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe Population 141,600 (2020 est.). Formerly called Nau District () or Nov District (; ), it was renamed Spitamen district by a resolution of parliament in November 2003.Renaming of Nau district to Spitamen district, Parliamentary Resolution No. 460, Majlisi Milli Majlisi Oli, 23 November 2003 . The district capital is Navkat, located south-west of Khujand.
The district is named after Spitamen who led the Sogdians in a revolt against the forces of Alexander the Great in 329-328 BCE.B. Ghafurov, The Tajiks, Nauka Publ. House, Moscow (1972), pp. 93-97 .
Administrative divisions The district has an area of about and is divided administratively into one town and six jamoats. They are as follows:Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 3 October 2020Spitamen: A land that remembers the history of the nation…, in Tajik
Jamoat Population (Jan. 2015) Navkat (town) 16,900 Istiqlol 18,015 Khurramzamin Kurush 26,469 Sarband 8,502 Tagoyak 16,224 Tursun Uljaboev 16,874
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