Hamadoni District

Hamadoni District (Tajik: Ноҳияи Ҳамадони / Persian: ناحیۀ همهدانی‎‎) is a district in the south-east of Khatlon Province of Tajikistan, located south of Kulob and stretching along a section of the Panj on the border with Afghanistan. Population 123,800 (2007 data). Between 1950 and 2004 called Moskovskiy District, then renamed in honor of said-ul-Auliya sayyid Ali Hamadani, a 14th-century Persian poet, saint, and scholar who is buried in Khatlon.

Map of Hamadoni, Tajikistan

The district capital is Moskovskiy or Moskva (Tajik: Маскав) (located at 37°39′24″N 69°37′45″E).