Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast
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Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region Вилояти Мухтори Кӯҳистони Бадахшон |
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 Gorno-Badakhshan in Tajikistan |
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 Tajikistan
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| Capital | Khorugh |
| Area | |
| • Total | 64,200 km2 (24,800 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 206,000 |
| • Density | 3.2/km2 (8.3/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | TJ-BG |
Coordinates: 38°0′N 73°0′E / 38.000°N 73.000°E
The Kūhistoni Badakhshon Autonomous Region (Tajik: Вилояти Мухтори Кӯҳистони Бадахшон, Viloyati Muxtori Kûhistoni Badaxşon/Vilojati Muxtori Kūhistoni Вadaxşon; also known as Gorno-Badakhshan, after Russian: Горно-Бадахшанская автономная область, Gorno-Badachšanskaja avtonomnaja oblastj) is an autonomous region in eastern Tajikistan.
Located in the Pamir Mountains, it makes up 45% of the land area of the country but only 3% of its population.
Prior to 1895, the area of today's Gorno-Badakhshan A.R. consisted of several semi-self governing statelets, including Darwaz, Shughnun-Rushan, and Wakhan, who ruled over territories that today are part of Gorno-Badakhshan A.R. in Tajikistan and Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan. The territory was claimed by the Chinese and Russian empires and the Emirate of Afghanistan. The Qing rulers of China claimed control of the entire Pamir Mountains, but Qing military units only controlled the passes just east of Tashkorgan Town. In the 1890s, the Chinese, Russian, and Afghan governments signed a series of agreements that divided Badakhshan, but the Chinese continued to contest these borders, until it signed a 2002 agreement with the government of Tajikistan.
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