Ghafurov District

Ghafurov District (; ) is a district in the northern part of Sughd Region, Tajikistan. Its capital is Ghafurov, a town in the south of the district. The district surrounds, but does not include the cities Khujand (the regional capital), Istiqlol (in the north), Buston (formerly "Chkalovsk", in the south), and Guliston (formerly "Kayrakkum"), also in the south, which gave its name to the adjacent Kayrakkum Reservoir. 
The district has a population of 380,500 (as of 2020), with 95% classified as rural. It produced 19,500 tons of raw cotton in 2007, accounting for 16% of total cotton production in Sughd province and nearly 5% of Tajikistan's cotton production.
Administrative divisions.
The district has an area of about and is divided administratively into one town and eleven jamoats. They are as follows: