Jomi_District
Jomi District
Place in Khatlon Region, Tajikistan
Jomi District (Russian: Район Абдурахмана Джами; Tajik: Ноҳияи Абдураҳмони Ҷомӣ) is a district in Khatlon Region of Tajikistan, located north of the regional capital Bokhtar.[2] The population of the district is 175,800 (January 2020 estimate).[3] Called Kuybyshevskiy District in Soviet times, then Hojamaston District until 2004, and finally renamed Jomi District[4] in honor of the 15th century Persian Poet Abdurahman Jami (Tajik: Ҷомӣ, transliterated as Jomi in Tajiki).[5] The district capital is the town Abdurahmoni Jomi (former name: Kuybyshevsk).