Gorno-Badakhshan

Gorno-Badakhshan
Gorno-Badakhshan
Autonomous region
	Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region
Name transcription(s)
• Tajik	Вилояти Мухтори Кӯҳистони Бадахшон
• Russian	Горно-Бадахшанская автономная область
	Khorog Karakul Lake Bulunkul Lake Pamir Mountains Kurteskei Valley
	Gorno-Badakhshan in Tajikistan
Country	Tajikistan
Capital	Khorog
Government
• Chairman	Alisher Khudoyberdi
Area
• Total	64,200 km2 (24,800 sq mi)
Population (2019)
• Total	226,900
• Density	3.5/km2 (9.2/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	TJ-GB
HDI (2017)	0.671; medium

38°0′N 73°0′E / 38.000°N 73.000°E / 38.000; 73.000

Gorno-Badakhshan,^{[n 1]} officially the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region,^{[n 2]} 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 percent of its population.^[3]

^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
^ "Definition of 'Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region'". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
^ Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2008, State Statistical Committee, Dushanbe, 2008 (in Russian)

Cite error: There are <ref group=n> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=n}} template (see the help page).

[GlobalDataLab-1] "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.

[2] "Definition of 'Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region'". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 20 September 2022.

[pop20082-5] Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2008, State Statistical Committee, Dushanbe, 2008 (in Russian)

[1]

[n 1]

[n 2]

[3]