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Gorno-Badakhshan | |
|---|---|
| Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region | |
| Name transcription(s) | |
| • Tajik | Вилояти Мухтори Кӯҳистони Бадахшон |
| • Russian | Горно-Бадахшанская автономная область |
 Gorno-Badakhshan in Tajikistan | |
| Country | Tajikistan |
| Capital | Khorog |
| Government | |
| • Chairman | Alisher Khudoyberdi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 64,200 km2 (24,800 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 226,900 |
| • Density | 3.5/km2 (9.2/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | TJ-GB |
| HDI (2017) | 0.671[1] medium |
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Gorno-Badakhshan,[n 1] officially the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region,[n 2] is an autonomous region in eastern Tajikistan, in the Pamir Mountains. It makes up nearly forty-five percent of the country's land area but only two percent of its population.[3]
- ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Definition of 'Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region'". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2008, State Statistical Committee, Dushanbe, 2008 (in Russian)
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