Khatlon 861314 225019809 2008-07-11T14:18:11Z Ahonc 407763 /* Districts */ Khamadoni {{Geobox Region <!-- *** Name section *** --> | name = Khatlon | native_name = | other_name = | other_name1 = | category = <!-- *** Image *** --> | image = | image_size = | image_caption = <!-- *** Symbols *** --> | flag = | flag_size = | symbol = | symbol_size = <!-- *** Country etc. *** --> | country = Tajikistan | state = | region = | district = <!-- *** Parts *** --> | capital = [[Qurghonteppa]] | capital_type = Capital | capital_lat_d = | capital_lat_m = | capital_lat_s = | capital_lat_NS = | capital_long_d = | capital_long_m = | capital_long_s = | capital_long_E = | capital_elevation = | city_type = | city = | part_type = | part_count = | part = | part1 = <!-- *** Geography *** --> | area = 24600 | highest = | highest location = | highest_lat_d = | highest_lat_m = | highest_lat_s = | highest_lat_NS = | highest_long_d = | highest_long_m = | highest_long_s = | highest_long_EW = | highest_elevation = | lowest = | lowest_location = | lowest_lat_d = | lowest_lat_m = | lowest_lat_s = | lowest_lat_NS = | lowest_long_d = | lowest_long_m = | lowest_long_s = | lowest_long_EW = | lowest_elevation = <!-- *** Population *** --> | population_as_of = 2000 | population = 2150000 | population_density = <!-- *** Government *** --> | established_type = | established = | leader_type = | leader = <!-- *** Various codes *** --> | timezone = | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | code_type = [[ISO 3166-2]] | code = TJ-KT | code1_type = | code1 = <!-- *** Free fields *** --> | free_type = | free = | free1_type = | free1 = <!-- *** Map section *** --> | map = Tj3-kaart.png | map_size = 200 | map_caption = | map_locator = | map_locator_x = | map_locator_y = | map_first = 1 <!-- *** Website *** --> | website = <!-- *** Footnotes *** --> | footnotes = }} '''Khatlon''' ({{TaPA}}: Хатлон/ختلان), sometimes misspelt ''Khatlan'', is the most populous of the four administrative divisions and one of the three [[provinces of Tajikistan|provinces]] (or [[Wilayah|Вилоятҳо]], ''Viloyatho'') in [[Tajikistan]]. It is situated in the southwest of the country, between the [[Hissar]] range in the north and the [[Panj River]] in the south and borders on [[Afghanistan]] in the southeast and on [[Uzbekistan]] in the west. During Soviet times Khatlon was divided into the [[Qurghonteppa Oblast]] (Western Khatlon) – with the [[Kofarnihon]] and [[Vakhsh River|Vakhsh]] river valleys – and the [[Kulob Oblast]] region (Eastern Khatlon). Both regions were merged in November 1992 into the Khatlon oblast. The capital is the city of [[Qurghonteppa]], formerly known as [[Kurgan-Tyube]]. Khatlon has an area of 24,600 square kilometres and consists of 25 districts – 14 in Western Khatlon and 11 in Eastern Khatlon. The total population of Khatlon in 2000 was 2,149.5 Million – 1,074.2 men and 1,075.3 women. The population in Khatlon is mainly engaged with agricultural activities, especially [[cotton]] growing and [[cattle]] raising. Only two or three percent of the population is working in the industrial sector. ==History== During the [[Soviet]] era, Khatlon became one of the two main cotton regions in Tajikistan. The other one is in [[Sughd]] (Leninabad). Collectivisation of agriculture was implemented aggressively in the early 1930s, to expand the extent of cotton cultivation in Tajikistan as a whole, with particular emphasis on the southern part of the republic. The process included violations against peasants, substantial expansion of the [[irrigation]] network, and forcible resettlement of mountain peoples and people from [[Uzbekistan]] to the lowlands.<ref name=atkin>[[Muriel Atkin]]. ''Tajikistan'' in: Glenn E. Curtis (ed.): Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, Country Studies, [[Washington D.C.|Washington]]: [[1997]]. pp. 197-290. </ref> The results of this policy are to be seen in the ethnic composition of Salua oblast as well as in the fact that the Tajik population identifies themselves either as [[Gharmis]] (resettled from the mountains) or [[Kulobis]]. These groups never melted, and fought against each other during the [[Civil War in Tajikistan]]. Khatlon oblast suffered the heaviest damage in Tajikistan. Since the conflicts leading to the civil war were never really resolved, tensions in the region still exist. The eastern part – [[Kulob]] – is home to the [[President of Tajikistan|president]] and his clan and has thus gained a lot of political influence. During Soviet times, the region cooperated with the then ruling elite from Leninabad, and was responsible for the militia, the army and the security forces. [[Kulob]] is regarded as a very conservative region. In the capital [[Qurghonteppa]] and parts of Kulob, the [[Islamic]] opposition has a lot of support among the Garmis. The ''Kulyab clan'' is a [[clan]] based in [[Khatlon]], [[Tajikistan]].<ref name=OVERVIEW>[http://ismaili.net/mirrors/112_tajik/tajkethn.html Ethnic groups at risk: The status of Tajiks] Heritage Society</ref> In February 1996 Colonel [[Mahmud Khudoiberdiyev]] launched a rebellion, insisting that three officials from the Kulyab clan resign before he ended the rebellion. The government complied. Additionally, [[Prime Minister of Tajikistan|Prime Minister]] [[Dzhamshed Karimov]] and Abudzhalil Khamidov, the Chairman of the Leninabad oblast executive committee, resigned.<ref name=RESIG>[http://jamestown.org/print_friendly.php?volume_id=3&issue_id=125&article_id=1480 Tajikistan: Central Asian Powderkeg] The Jamestown Foundation</ref> ==Districts== *[[Baljuvon district]] *[[Beshkent district]] *[[Bokhtar district]] *[[Vakhsh district]] *[[Vose' district]] *[[Ghozimalik district]] *[[Danghara district]] *[[Yovon district]] *[[Rumi district]] *[[Khamadoni district]] *[[Kulob district]] *[[Qabodiyon district]] *[[Qizil-Mazor district]] *[[Qumsangir district]] *[[Muminobod district]] *[[Norak district]] *[[Panj district]] *[[Sarband district]] *[[Farkhor district]] *[[Khovaling district]] *[[Dzhami district]] *[[Chubek district]] *[[Jilikul district]] *[[Shahrtuz district]] *[[Shuro-obod district]] ==Demography== The ethnic composition of Kulob region is: 85 % [[Tajiks]], 13 % [[Uzbeks]], 2 % others. In Qurghonteppa the breakdown is 59 % Tajiks, 32 % Uzbeks and three percent [[Russia]]n. ==See also== *[[2006 Tajikistan earthquake]] == References == {{reflist}} {{Provinces and regions of Tajikistan}} [[Category:Provinces of Tajikistan]] {{coord|37|50|N|69|00|E|display=title|region:TJ_type:adm1st_source:GNS-enwiki}} [[bg:Хатлонска област]] [[et:Hatloni vilajett]] [[es:Provincia de Khatlon]] [[fa:استان ختلان]] [[fr:Khatlon]] [[id:Khatlon]] [[it:Chatlon]] [[lt:Chatlono provincija]] [[nl:Khatlon]] [[no:Khatlon]] [[pl:Wilajet chatloński]] [[pt:Khatlon]] [[ru:Хатлонская область]] [[sv:Chatlon]] [[tg:Вилояти Хатлон]] [[tr:Hatlon]] [[zh:哈特隆州]]