Murghob District

This article is about the district in Tajikistan. For the district in Afghanistan, see Bala Murghab District. For the district in Turkmenistan, see Murgap District.
Murghob District
Tajik: Ноҳияи Мурғоб
District
Ноҳияи Мурғоб
Location of Murghob District in Tajikistan
Location of Murghob District in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 38°10′N 73°55′E / 38.167°N 73.917°E / 38.167; 73.917
Country Tajikistan
RegionGorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region
CapitalMurghob
Area
 • Total
37,300 km2 (14,400 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total
15,900
 • Density0.43/km2 (1.1/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (TJT)
Postal code
736600
Area code+992 3554
Official languages
Pumping Water in Murghob

Murghob District (Tajik: Ноҳияи Мурғоб) is a district in Tajikistan, occupying the eastern two-thirds of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO). The area of Murghob District is 37,300 km2, covering 26 percent of Tajikistan's soil, but only 0.17% of its population.[3] Murghob District borders on Kyrgyzstan to the north, China to the east, and Afghanistan to the south.[4] The population of Murghob District is 15,900 (1 January 2020 estimate).[1] Its administrative capital is the village Murghob (also known as Murghab).

  1. ^ a b "Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2020" (PDF) (in Russian). Statistics office of Tajikistan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  2. ^ "КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН". prokuratura.tj. Parliament of Tajikistan. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference regions was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Borjian, Habib, “Morḡāb” , Encyclopaedia Iranica. Online 2013. [1].