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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 percen ...

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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 ...

, in the north-west of the

, with administrative capital Vanj. It is located east of 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 the Panj turns from north to west. It is roughly rectangular, tending to the southwest. It is bounded on the west by the Panj and Afghanistan, on the northwest by

Darvoz District tg, بخش دروازه , nickname = , motto = , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = , image_flag = , flag_size = , image_seal = ...

, on the north by the Darvoz Range and

Farkhor District tg, Ноҳияи Фархор , image_map = Location of Farkhor District in Tajikistan.png , mapsize = , map_caption = Location of the district in Tajikistan , image_map1 = , mapsize1 = , map_caption1 = , image_dot_ma ...

Khatlon Region Khatlon Region ( tg, Вилояти Хатлон, ''Viloyati Xatlon''), one of the four provinces of Tajikistan ( tg, вилоят, ''Viloyat''), is the most populous of the four first level administrative regions. It is situated in the southwest ...

, on the east (approximately) by the

Academy of Sciences Range Academy of Sciences Range (russian: Хребет Академии Наук, ''Khrebet Akademiy Nauk;'' tg, Qatorkuhi Akademiyai Fanho) is a mountain range in the Western Pamirs of Tajikistan. It is stretched in a north-south direction and conside ...

and

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and on the south by the

Yazgulem Range Yazgulem Range ( tg, Пули Язгулем) is a mountain range of the western Pamir Mountains. It is located in Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province stretches for about 170 km between the Yazgulyam River and the Bartang River ...

and Rushon District. It corresponds to the valleys of the rivers Vanj (north) and Yazgulem (south), separated by the Vanj Range.''Republic of Tajikistan'', map showing administrative division as of January 1, 2004, "Tojikkoinot" Cartographic Press, Dushanbe The population of Vanj District is 34,400 (1 January 2020 estimate). Friendship bridge between Afghanistan ( Maimay District) and Tajikistan (Vanj District).

Administrative divisions

The district has an area of about and is divided administratively into six jamoats. They are as follows:Jamoat-level basic indicators
United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan, accessed 7 October 2020

References

Districts of Tajikistan Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region {{Tajikistan-geo-stub