Khatlon Region

Khatlon Вилояти Хатлон (Tajik)
Region
From the top to bottom-right, Nurek Reservoir, Sarband, Khoja Mashkhad Mausoleum, Tomb of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, Okno Station
Khatlon in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 37°50′N 69°00′E / 37.833°N 69.000°E / 37.833; 69.000
Country	Tajikistan
Capital	Bokhtar
Area
• Total	24,700 km2 (9,500 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	3,348,300
• Density	140/km2 (350/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	TJ-KT
HDI (2017)	0.622[1] medium
Official languages	Russian (Interethnic) Tajik (State)[2]

Khatlon Region (Tajik: Вилояти Хатлон, Viloyati Xatlon), one of the four provinces of Tajikistan (Tajik: вилоят, Viloyat), is the most populous of the four first level administrative regions. It is situated in the southwest of the country, between the Hisor (Gissar) Range in the north and the river Panj in the south and borders on Afghanistan in the southeast and on Uzbekistan in the west. During Soviet times, Khatlon was divided into Kurgan-Tyube (Qurghonteppa) Oblast (Western Khatlon) – with the Kofarnihon and Vakhsh river valleys – and Kulob Oblast (Eastern Khatlon) – with the Kyzylsu and Yakhsu river valleys. The two regions were merged in November 1992 into today's Khatlon Region (or viloyat/oblast). The capital city is Bokhtar, formerly known as Qurghonteppa and Kurgan-Tyube.^[3]

Khatlon has an area of 24,700 square kilometres and consists of 21 districts and 4 district-level cities. The total population of Khatlon in 2020 was 3,348,300,^[4] up from 2,677,251 in the 2010 population census. The population in Khatlon is mainly engaged in agriculture.