Ishkoshim, Tajikistan

This article is about the border town in Tajikistan. For the adjacent border town in Afghanistan, see Ishkashim, Afghanistan.
Ishkoshim
Russian: Ишкашим
Tajik: Ишкошим
Official seal of Ishkoshim
Seal
Ishkoshim is located in Tajikistan
Ishkoshim
Ishkoshim
Location in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 36°43′38″N 71°36′42″E / 36.72722°N 71.61167°E / 36.72722; 71.61167
Country Tajikistan
RegionGorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region
DistrictIshkoshim
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total7,673
ClimateDsb
Official languages

Ishkoshim (Tajik: Ишкошим), also Ishkashim (Russian: Ишкашим), is a village and a jamoat in south-east Tajikistan.[3] It is the seat of Ishkoshim District in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region. The jamoat has a total population of 7,673 (2015).[1] It lies on the river Panj, at the point where its direction turns sharply north. Ishkoshim lies opposite a town of the same name in neighboring Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan, although the name of the Afghan town is normally transliterated Ishkashim. A bridge opened in 2006 links the two towns.[4] There are plans to reconstruct the 100-km highway connecting Ishkoshim to the regional capital Khorugh, which has been damaged by snow avalanches.[5]

The Ishkoshim border bridge
Near the bridge
Locals in the town
  1. ^ a b Jamoat-level basic indicators, United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 7 October 2020
  2. ^ "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  3. ^ Location of Ishkoshim on maplandia.com. Retrieved on 8 May 2009
  4. ^ "News: Aga Khan and President Rahmonov inaugurate reconstructed bridge in Ishkashim". Asia-Plus. 2006-10-31. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
  5. ^ Restoration of Khorugh-Ishkoshim highway Archived 2009-06-02 at the Wayback Machine, President's speech, 18 July 2008. Retrieved on 8 May 2009