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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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Murghob ( tg, Мурғоб) or Murghab (russian: Мургаб, from the Persian word ''margh-ab'', meaning 'prairie river') is the capital of Murghob District in the Pamir Mountains of Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan. With a population of just u ...
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Murghob District ( tg, Ноҳияи Мурғоб) is a district in ]Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
, occupying the eastern two-thirds of the 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 ...
(GBAO). The area of Murghob District is 37,300 km2, covering 26 percent of Tajikistan's soil, but only 0.17% of its population.[ Murghob District borders on Kyrgyzstan to the north, China to the east, and Afghanistan to the south.][ Borjian, Habib, “Morḡāb” , Encyclopaedia Iranica. Online 2013.]
The population of Murghob District is 15,900 (1 January 2020 estimate). Its administrative capital is the village Murghob
Murghob ( tg, Мурғоб) or Murghab (russian: Мургаб, from the Persian word ''margh-ab'', meaning 'prairie river') is the capital of Murghob District in the Pamir Mountains of Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan. With a population of just u ...
(also known as Murghab).
Administrative divisions
The district is divided administratively into six jamoats of Tajikistan, jamoats. They are as follows:[Jamoat-level basic indicators]
United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 7 October 2020
Geography
It borders on 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 ...
to the south, China's Xinjiang
Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...
region to the east, and Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...
to the north. Within Tajikistan it borders to the west on four other GBAO districts and on the Region of Republican Subordination
tg, Ноҳияҳои тобеи ҷумҳурӣ
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.[''Republic of Tajikistan'', map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe]
The land is mostly a desolate plateau with scattered mountains, especially toward the east and south. The highest mountains are around the Fedchenko Glacier in the northwest and along the Pamir River
The Pamir River is a shared river located in the Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan and in the Gorno-Badakhshan in Tajikistan. It is a tributary of the Panj River, and forms the northern boundary of Afghanistan's Wakhan District.
The river has ...
in the south. The population consists of around 65% Kirgiz who ascend to Pamirs in the late XIII century and the rest are Pamiris who are indigenous people of that and Chinese area of Pamirs. Formerly the highlands was used by both ethnicities mostly as summer pasture. The Pamir Highway
The M41, known informally and more commonly as the Pamir Highway (russian: Памирский тракт, translit=Pamirsky Trakt ), is a road traversing the Pamir Mountains through Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan with a ...
curves from the southwest to the northeast. The four major lakes are Karakul in the northeast and three river lakes: Sarez Lake
Sarez Lake (russian: Сарезское озеро; tg, Сарез кӯл, Sarez Kūl) is a lake in Rushon District of Gorno-Badakhshan province, Tajikistan. Length about , depth few hundred meters, water surface elevation about above sea leve ...
on the river Bartang, Yashil Kul
Yashil ( fa, ياشيل, also Romanized as Yāshīl; also known as Bāshīl and Yāshel) is a village in Bakrabad Rural District, in the Central District of Varzaqan County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Isla ...
on the river Gunt
The Gunt (russian: Гунт, tg, Ғунд ''Ghund'' or Аличур ''Alichur'', historically in English also ''Ghund'') is a river in the south of Tajikistan, north of the Shughnon Range. It is long and has a basin area of . , and Zorkul
Zorkul ( ps, زارکول; tg, Зоркӯл, Zārkul) is a lake in the Pamir Mountains that runs along the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
Geography
Lake Zorkul extends east to west for about 25 km. The Afghanistan–Tajikist ...
on the Pamir River
The Pamir River is a shared river located in the Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan and in the Gorno-Badakhshan in Tajikistan. It is a tributary of the Panj River, and forms the northern boundary of Afghanistan's Wakhan District.
The river has ...
.
The districts eastern border shares the Sarikol Range
The Sarikol Range (russian: Сарыкольский хребет; zh, s=萨雷阔勒岭, 色勒库尔山脉; tg, Рашти Куҳи Сариқӯл) is a mountain range in the Pamirs on the border of Tajikistan and the People's Republic of China ...
with China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
.
See also
* China–Tajikistan border
The China–Tajikistan border is in length and runs from the tripoint with Kyrgyzstan following a roughly north–south line across various mountain ridges and peaks of the Pamir range down to the tripoint with Afghanistan. The border divides ...
* Rangkul Valley Important Bird Area
References
Map of the Gorno-Badakhshan region of Tajikistan
Districts of Tajikistan
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region
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