Provinces of Tajikistan - Definition and Overview

Tajikistan is divided into regions, or provinces (singular: viloyat, plural: viloyatho) (capitals in parentheses)-

• Khatlon Viloyati Khatlon (Qurghonteppa)
• Sughd Viloyati Sughd (Khujand)
• Karotegin (Kofarnihon)

and one autonomous province (viloyati mukhtor)-

• Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAR) Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshon (Khorugh).

Additionally, the area containing the capital (RRS, Region of Republican Subordination), Dushanbe, has no viloyat-level administrative divisions.

Each region is divided into Districts, which are further subdiveded into Jamoats, and then villages.