Vanj District

Vanj District
Russian: Ванчский район
Tajik: Ноҳияи Ванҷ
District
Location of Vanj District in Tajikistan
Location of Vanj District in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 38°22′23″N 71°27′19″E / 38.37306°N 71.45528°E / 38.37306; 71.45528
Country Tajikistan
RegionGorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region
CapitalVanj
Area
 • Total4,430.5 km2 (1,710.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total34,400
 • Density7.8/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (TJT)
Postal code
736300
Area code+992 3551
Official languages
Websitevanj.tj

Vanj District or Nahiya-e Vanj (Tajik: Ноҳияи Ванҷ) is a district in eastern Tajikistan, in the north-west of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, with administrative capital Vanj.

It is located east of the river Panj at the point where the Panj turns from north to west. It is roughly rectangular, tending to the southwest. It is bounded on the west by the Panj and Afghanistan, on the northwest by Darvoz District, on the north by the Darvoz Range and Farkhor District of Khatlon Region, on the east (approximately) by the Academy of Sciences Range and Murghob District and on the south by the Yazgulem Range and Rushon District. It corresponds to the valleys of the rivers Vanj (north) and Yazgulem (south), separated by the Vanj Range.[3] The population of Vanj District is 34,400 (1 January 2020 estimate).[1]

Friendship bridge between Afghanistan (Maimay District) and Tajikistan (Vanj District).
  1. ^ a b "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  2. ^ "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  3. ^ Republic of Tajikistan, map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe