Vakhsh ( tg, Вахш, ) is a city in southwestern
Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
. It is the capital of
Vakhsh District. The population of the town is 14,900 (January 2020 estimate).
It is about 100 km from the capital,
Dushanbe
Dushanbe ( tg, Душанбе, ; ; russian: Душанбе) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 863,400 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (ru ...
. It has one of the three Catholic Tajik churches under the
Mission sui iuris of Tajikistan
The Catholic Church in Tajikistan is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in Tajikistan ( West Turkistan, Central Asia), under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. In 2009, the size of the community was estimated at 300 people.
This Miss ...
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See also
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Vakhsh Range Vakhsh Range (russian: Вахшский хребет; uz, Vaxsh tizmasi) is a mountain range in Tajikistan, forming the north-west border of Khatlon Province with the Region of Republican Subordination. It stretches for a length of about 80 km alon ...
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Vakhsh (river)
References
Populated places in Khatlon Region
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