Nosiri Khusrav District


Nosiri Khusrav District, sometimes Nosiri Khisrav District, is located in the south-western corner of Khatlon province of Tajikistan on the Amu Darya, an enclave within the Shahrtuz district. Population 27,400. Until 2004 called Beshkent District ; then renamed in honor of the 11th century Persian-Tajik poet Nosiri Khusrav. The district capital is Bakhori, a village at the northernmost tip of the district.
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.

Administrative divisions

The district is divided administratively into jamoats. They are as follows.