 Other major towns in the district are Taboshar (in the north), Chkalovsk (in the south, between Ghafurov and the provincial capital Khujand), and Kayrakum (Qairoqqum), also in the south, which gave its name to the adjacent Kayrakum (Qairoqqum) Reservoir.The region has an area of 2,700 km² and a population of 339,800 (as of 2014), 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.