Nosiri Khusrav District, sometimes Nosiri Khisrav District (Template:Lang-tg, Nohiya-i Nosiri Khusrav), is located in the south-western corner of Khatlon province of Tajikistan on the Amu Darya, an enclave within the Shahrtuz district.[1] Population 27,400 (2008 est.).[2] Until 2004 called Beshkent District (Template:Lang-tg); then renamed in honor of the 11th century Persian-Tajik poet Nosiri Khusrav (sometimes also Khisrav).[3] The district capital is Bakhori, a village at the northernmost tip of the district.[1]
Beshkent is a lowland 70 kilometers in length and 5 kilometers in width—dry without any reliable source of water. beshkent is the warmest valley in Tajikistan, with average temperatures in January and July of 3 °C and 31 °C respectively. The annual average precipitation is 140 millimeters.[4]
Administrative divisions
The district is divided administratively into jamoats. They are as follows (and population).[5]
