Gorno-Badakhshan

38°0′N 73°0′E / 38.000°N 73.000°E / 38.000; 73.000

Gorno-Badakhshan
Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region
Name transcription(s)
 • TajikВилояти Мухтори Кӯҳистони Бадахшон
 • RussianГорно-Бадахшанская автономная область
Gorno-Badakhshan in Tajikistan
Gorno-Badakhshan in Tajikistan
CountryTajikistan
CapitalKhorog
Government
 • ChairmanAlisher Khudoyberdi
Area
 • Total64,200 km2 (24,800 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total226,900
 • Density3.5/km2 (9.2/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeTJ-GB
HDI (2017)0.671[1]
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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]

  1. ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Definition of 'Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region'". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  3. ^ Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2008, State Statistical Committee, Dushanbe, 2008 (in Russian)


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