Districts under Central Government Jurisdiction

Districts under Tajikistan Central Government Jurisdiction, also translated as Districts of Republican Subordination or Districts under Republic(an) Subordination (Russian: Районы республиканского подчинения, romanized: Rajony respublikanskogo podchineniya; Tajik: Ноҳияҳои тобеи ҷумҳурӣ, romanized: Nohiyahoyi tobe'i jumhurî, Latin Tajik alphabet: Nohijahoji toвe’i çumhurī), formerly called Karotegin Province, is a region in Tajikistan, consisting of 9 districts and 4 district-level cities that are directly under central administration. Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, is surrounded by the Districts under Central Government Jurisdiction, but not part of it. The region covers an area of 28,500 square kilometres, and has a total population of 2,165,900 (2020), The Districts' ethnic composition in 2010 was 85% Tajik and 11.7% Uzbek.