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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 ...

, occupying the eastern two-thirds of the

(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 (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 borde ...

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 northwes ...

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 ea ...

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 , native_name_lang = , other_name = ناحیه های تابع جمهوری , settlement_type = Region , image_skyline = , ...

.''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 The Fedchenko Glacier (russian: Ледник Федченко; tg, Пиряхи Федченко) is a large glacier in the Yazgulem Range, Pamir Mountains, of north-central Gorno-Badakhshan province, Tajikistan. The glacier is long and narrow, ...

in the northwest and along the Pamir River 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 The Bartang ( Russian and Tajik: Бартанг) is a river of Central Asia, tributary to the Panj and consequently to the Amu Darya. In its upper reaches, it is also known as the Murghab and Aksu; it flows through the Wakhan in Afghanistan, ...

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 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 List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...

References

Map of the Gorno-Badakhshan region of Tajikistan
Districts of Tajikistan Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region {{Tajikistan-geo-stub

Administrative divisions

Geography

See also

References