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Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

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Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region Gorno-Badakhshan, officially the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region,, abbr. / 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 perce ...

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, blank1_name_sec2 = , blank1_info_sec2 = , website = , footnotes = Ishkoshim ( tg, Ишкошим), also Ishkashim (russian: Ишкашим), is a village and a jamoat in south-east

. It is the seat of Ishkoshim District in

. The jamoat has a total population of 7,673 (2015).Jamoat-level basic indicators
United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 7 October 2020 It lies on the river

Panj Panj () is a city in southern Tajikistan which is situated on the Afghan border, some south of the capital Dushanbe. It is located along the north bank of the river Panj, from which it derives its name. The population of the town is 12,500 (Janu ...

, at the point where its direction turns sharply north. Ishkoshim lies opposite a town of the same name in

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

, although the name of the Afghan town is normally transliterated Ishkashim. A bridge opened in 2006 links the two towns. There are plans to reconstruct the 100-km highway connecting Ishkoshim to the regional capital

Khorugh Khorugh ( tg, Хоруғ, ; russian: Хорог, translit=Khorog; ) is the capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) in Tajikistan. It is also the capital of the Shughnon District of Gorno-Badakhshan. It has a population of 30,50 ...

, which has been damaged by snow avalanches.Restoration of Khorugh-Ishkoshim highway
, President's speech, 18 July 2008. Retrieved on 8 May 2009 Ishkashim Bridge- Afghan-Tajikistan Border - panoramio

Ishkashim Bridge- Afghan-Tajikistan Border - panoramio

References

Populated places in Gorno-Badakhshan Afghanistan–Tajikistan border crossings {{Tajikistan-geo-stub