Dzhami district
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Dzhami District or Jomi District is a district in Khatlon Province of Tajikistan
, located north of the provincial capital Kurgan-Tyube (Qurghonteppa). Population 109,200 (2003 data). Called Kuybyshevskiy District in Soviet times, then Hojamaston District until 2004, and finally renamed Dzhami (or Jomi) district in honor of the 15th century Tajik-Persian Poet Abdurahman Jami
. The district capital is still listed as Kuybyshev or Kuybyshevsk.
Tajikistan
Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....
, located north of the provincial capital Kurgan-Tyube (Qurghonteppa). Population 109,200 (2003 data). Called Kuybyshevskiy District in Soviet times, then Hojamaston District until 2004, and finally renamed Dzhami (or Jomi) district in honor of the 15th century Tajik-Persian Poet Abdurahman Jami
Jami
Nur ad-Dīn Abd ar-Rahmān Jāmī also known as DJāmī, Mawlanā Nūr al-Dīn 'Abd al-Rahmān or Abd-Al-Rahmān Nur-Al-Din Muhammad Dashti who is commonly known as Jami , is known for his achievements as a scholar, mystic, writer, composer of numerous lyrics and idylls, historian, and one of the greatest...
. The district capital is still listed as Kuybyshev or Kuybyshevsk.