Spitamen District

Spitamen District (Спитаменский район; Ноҳияи Спитамен) is a district in north-central Sughd, Tajikistan, stretching across the province's narrow part from the border with Uzbekistan to the border with Kyrgyzstan. Population 141,600 (2020 est.). Formerly called Nau District (Науский район) or Nov District (Nohiya-i Nov, Ноҳияи Нов; ), it was renamed Spitamen district by a resolution of parliament in November 2003. The district capital is Navkat, located south-west of Khujand.

The district is named after Spitamen who led the Sogdians in a revolt against the forces of Alexander the Great in 329-328 BCE.

Administrative divisions
The district has an area of about 400 km2 and is divided administratively into one town and six jamoats. They are as follows: