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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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, in the central-western part of

(GBAO). It is bordered by the river

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and Afghanistan on the west, the Rushan Range and Rushon District on the north,

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on the east and the Shughnon Range and

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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

. 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 {{Tajikistan-geo-stub