Temurmalik District or Nohiya-i Temurmalik is a district in Khatlon province of Tajikistan

Tajikistan

Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....

, located south of the Vakhsh Range

Vakhsh Range

Vakhsh Range is a mountain range in Tajikistan, forming the north-west border of Khatlon Province with the Region of Republican Subordination. It stretches for a length of about 80 km along the left bank in the middle course of the Vakhsh River. Maximum altitude is . Composed of sandstone,...

 along the middle course of Kyzylsu River

Kyzylsu River

Kyzylsu River rises on the southern slopes of the Vakhsh Range in the north-east of Tajikistan's Khatlon Province and runs south-west for a length of 230 km until joining Panj River on the border with Afghanistan. Merges with Yakhsu River as a major left tributary south of the town of Kulyab...

. Population 57,700 (2008 est.). Before 1957 called Qizil-Mazor District or Kzyl-Mazar District , then renamed Sovetskiy District , and in 2004 given its present name Temurmalik District. The new name honors a medieval military hero, Temurmalik (also Timur-Malik), who in 1220 led the people of Khujand

Khujand

Khujand , also transliterated as Khudzhand, , formerly Khodjend or Khodzhent until 1936 and Leninabad until 1991, is the second-largest city of Tajikistan. It is situated on the Syr Darya River at the mouth of the Fergana Valley...

 in their struggle against the Mongol occupation

Mongol Empire

The Mongol Empire , initially named as Greater Mongol State was a great empire during the 13th and 14th centuries...

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