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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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Friendship Bridge between Afghanistan and Tajikistan across the river Panj in Shughnon District
A view of the Panj, the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan in Shughnon District
Shughnon District (russian: Шугнанский район, tg, Ноҳияи Шуғнон ''Nohiyai Shughnon'', Shughni: Xuɣ̌nůn noiya) is a ]district
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in eastern Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
, in the central-western part of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region
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(GBAO). It is bordered by 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 ...
and Afghanistan on the west, the Rushan Range and Rushon District on the north, Murghob District
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on the east and the Shughnon Range and Roshtqal'a District tg, Ноҳияи Роштқалъа
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on the south. It corresponds to the valley of 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 . .[''Republic of Tajikistan'', map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe] The district seat is the village Vahdat
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. The population of Shughnon District is 38,000 (1 January 2020 estimate).
Administrative divisions
The district has an area of about and is divided administratively into seven jamoats. They are as follows:[Jamoat-level basic indicators]
United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 3 October 2020
References
Districts of Tajikistan
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region
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