Asht District


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. The population of the district is 168,100. 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:
JamoatPopulation
Shaydon 15,300
Asht21,409
Iftikhor11,201
Mehrobod13,123
Oriyon17,487
Oshoba21,260
Ponghoz28,532
Punuk8,841
Shodoba8,990