Gorno-Badakhshan

Gorno-Badakhshan, officially the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region in eastern , in the . It makes up nearly forty-five percent of the country's land area but only two percent of its population.
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  • Type: region of Tajikistan with 227,000 residents
  • Description: autonomous region of Tajikistan
  • Also known as: “Alto Badajshan”, “Alto Badajshán”, “Badachšan”, “Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region”, “GBAO”, “Gorno Badajshan”, “Gorno Badakhshan”, “Gorno-Badachšán”, “Gorno-Badakhshan autonome region”, “Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region”, “Gorno-Badakhshanskaya AO”, “Gorno-Badakhshanskaya Avtonomnaya Oblast’”, “Gorno-Bedehşan”, “Górnobadachszański Okręg Autonomiczny”, “Górskobadachszański Okręg Autonomiczny”, “Górskobadachszański Wilajet Autonomiczny”, “Horní Badachšán”, “Kalnų Badachšanas”, “Kalnu Badahšānas autonomais vilojats”, “Kohistan Badakhshan”, “Kuhistani Badakhshan Autonomous Region”, “Kuhistoni Badakhshon”, “Kŭhistoni Badakhshon”, “Kuhistoni-Badakhshon”, “Obwód górnobadachszański”, “Provincia Autónoma de Gorno Badaghxán”, “Província Autônoma de Gorno-Badakhshan”, “provincia Autonoma di Gorno-Badachšan”, “Provincia de Alto Badajshan”, “Regió Autònoma de Gorno-Badakhshan”, “Tỉnh tự trị Gorno-Badakhshan”, “TJ-GB”, “Viloyati Avtonomii Badakhshoni Kŭhy”, “Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshon”, “Vuoristo-Badakhšanin autonominen alue”, “Бадахшан”, “Бадахшан Таулы Автономиялы облысы”, “Бадахшон”, “Бадахшони Тоҷикистон”, “В.М.К.Б”, “Ванҷ”, “Вилояти Бадахшон”, “Вилояти Бадахшони Тоҷикистон”, “Вилояти мухтори куҳистони Бадахшон”, “Вилояти мухтори Кӯҳистони Бадахшон”, “ВМКБ”, “ГБАО”, “Горна-Бадахшанская вобласць”, “Горни Бадахшан”, “Горний Бадахшан”, “Горно-Бадакшан Аутономни Регион”, “Горно-Бадахшанска област”, “Горно-Бадахшанская АО”, “Горно-Бадахшанская область”, “Горны Бадахшан”, “Горный Бадахшан”, “Кухистандық Бадахшан Автономиялы облысы”, “Кӯҳистони Бадахшон”, “Кӯҳистони-Бадахшон”, “Мухтарний вілоят Кухістані Бадахшан”, “Планински Бадахшан”, “Таулы Бадахшан”, “استان خودمختار کوهستان بدخشان”, “استان خودمختار کوهستانی بدخشان”, “استان کوهستان بدخشان”, “جورنو”, “منطقه خودمختار بدخشان کوهستانی”, “منطقه خودمختار کوهستان بدخشان”, “ولایت بدخشان”, “ولایت خودمختار بدخشان تاجیکستان”, “ولایت خودمختار کوهستان بدخشان”, “कूहिस्तोनी-बदख़्शान मुख़्तोर विलोयत”, “कूहिस्तोनी-बदख़्शान स्वशासित प्रांत”, “कोहिस्तोनी-बदख़्शान स्वशासित प्रान्त”, “गोर्नो-बदखाशान स्वायत्त प्रांत”, “गोर्नो-बदख़्शान मुख़्तोर विलोयत”, “గార్నో-బడాక్షన్ అటానమస్ రాష్ట్రభాగం”, “고르노바다크샨”, “ゴルノ＝バダフシャン自治州”, “ゴルノバダフシャン自治州”, “戈尔诺-巴达赫尚自治州”, and “戈爾諾-巴達赫尚”
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Gorno-Badakhshan

Latitude
38° north
Longitude
73° east
Population
227,000
Elevation
4,736 metres (15,538 feet)
Open location code
8JCM2222+22
Geo­Names ID
1221692
Wiki­data ID
Q207319
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Gorno-Badakhshan” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ጎርኖ-ባዳክshan”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة بدخشان الجبلية ذاتية الحكم”
  • Arabic: “ولاية بدخشان الجبلية ذاتية الحكم”
  • Armenian: “Լեռնային Բադախշանի ինքնավար մարզ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dağlıq Bədəxşan Muxtar Vilayəti”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qoro-Badaxşan”
  • Basque: “Badakhxan Garaiko Probintzia Autonomoa”
  • Belarusian: “Горна-Бадахшанская аўтаномная вобласць”
  • Belarusian: “Горна-Бадахшанская аўтаномная вобласьць”
  • Bengali: “গর্নো-বাদাখশন স্বায়ত্তশাসিত প্রদেশ”
  • Bengali: “গর্নো-বাদাখশান”
  • Breton: “OE Gorno-Badac’hchan”
  • Bulgarian: “Горнобадахшанска автономна област”
  • Catalan: “Gorno-Badakhxan”
  • Cebuano: “Viloyati Mukhtori Kŭhistoni Badakhshon”
  • Chechen: “Лам-Бадахшанан автономин регион”
  • Chinese: “山地巴达赫尚自治州”
  • Chinese: “山地巴達赫尚自治州”
  • Chinese: “戈爾諾-巴達赫尚自治州”
  • Chuvash: “Туçи Бадахшан”
  • Czech: “Horský Badachšán”
  • Danish: “Gorno-Badakhsjan”
  • Dutch: “Gorno-Badachsjan”
  • Esperanto: “Monta Badaĥŝano”
  • Estonian: “Mägi-Badahšan”
  • Finnish: “Vuoristo-Badahšanin autonominen alue”
  • French: “Haut-Badakhchan”
  • French: “Haut-Badakhshan”
  • Galician: “Provincia Autónoma do Badaghxán Montañoso”
  • Georgian: “მთიანი ბადახშანის ავტონომიური ოლქი”
  • German: “Berg-Badachschan”
  • German: “Gorno-Badachschan”
  • Greek: “Αυτόνομη επαρχία Γκόρνο-Μπανταχσάν”
  • Gujarati: “ગોર્નો-બડખશન ઔટોનોમસ પ્રાંત”
  • Hausa: “Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז גורנו-בדחשאן”
  • Hindi: “कूहिस्तोनी-बदख़्शान स्वशासित प्रान्त”
  • Indonesian: “Oblast Otonomi Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Otonom Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Interlingue: “Gorno-Badakhsan”
  • Italian: “Gorno-Badachšan”
  • Italian: “Provincia Autonoma di Gorno-Badachšan”
  • Italian: “Regione Autonoma di Gorno-Badachshan”
  • Japanese: “ゴルノ・バダフシャン”
  • Japanese: “ゴルノ・バダフシャン自治州”
  • Javanese: “Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Kannada: “ಗೊರ್ನೊ-ಬದ್ಖ್ಶಾನ್ ಸ್ವಾಯತ್ತ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Tawli-Badaxshan avtonom wa’layati”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Tawlı-Badaxshan avtonomiyalıq wálayatı”
  • Kazakh: “Қоро-Бедахшан”
  • Kazakh: “Таулы Бадахшан автономиялы облысы”
  • Kazakh: “Таулы Бадахшан аймағы”
  • Kirghiz: “Горно-Бадахшан”
  • Kirghiz: “Тоолуу-Бадахшан автономиялуу облусу”
  • Korean: “고르노바다흐샨 자치주”
  • Latin: “Regio autonoma Badachschania Montana”
  • Latvian: “Kalnu Badahšāna”
  • Lithuanian: “Kalnų Badachšano autonominė provincija”
  • Malay: “Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province”
  • Malay: “Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Malay: “Provinsi Berautonomi Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Marathi: “गोर्नो-बदखशन स्वायत्त प्रांत”
  • Mingrelian: “გვალამი ბადახშანიშ ავტონომიური ოლქი”
  • Mongolian: “Горно-Бадахшан”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kuhistoni Badakhshon autonome provins”
  • Norwegian: “Kuhistoni Badakhshon autonome provins”
  • Oromo: “Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Ossetian: “Хæххон Бадахшаны автономон облæст”
  • Panjabi: “ਗੋਰਨੋ-ਬਾਦਾਖਸ਼ਾਨ”
  • Persian: “بدخشان کوهستانی”
  • Persian: “ولایت خود مختار کوهستان بدخشان”
  • Persian: “ولایت مختار کوهستان بدخشان”
  • Polish: “Górski Badachszan”
  • Portuguese: “Alto Badaquexão”
  • Portuguese: “Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Pushto: “بدخشان ګورنو خپلواک ولايت”
  • Pushto: “ګورنو بدخشان”
  • Pushto: “گورنو بادخشان”
  • Romanian: “Gorno-Badahșan”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Autonomă Gorno-Badahșan”
  • Russian: “Горно-Бадахшанская автономная область”
  • Serbian: “Gorno-Badahšan”
  • Serbian: “Горно-Бадахшан”
  • Sinhala: “ගොර්නෝ බඩක්ශාන් ස්වාධීන පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Gorski Badahšan”
  • Slovenian: “Regija Gorno-Badahšan”
  • Somali: “Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Spanish: “Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Alto Badajshán”
  • Swahili: “Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Swedish: “Gorno-Badachsjan”
  • Tagalog: “Awtonomong Rehiyon ng Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Muxtori Kūhistoni Badaxşon”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Мухтори Кӯҳистони Бадахшон”
  • Tamil: “கோருனோ-பதகுசான் தன்னாட்சி மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “கோர்னோ-படாட்சன் தன்னாட்சி மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Горно-Бадахшан”
  • Tatar: “Таулы Бәдәхшан автономияле вилаяте”
  • Telugu: “గార్నో-బడాక్షన్ అటానమస్ ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Thai: “แคว้นปกครองตนเองเคอฮิสทอนีบาดัฆชอน”
  • Turkish: “Dağlık Badahşan”
  • Turkish: “Dağlık Bedehşan”
  • Uighur: “تاغلىق باداخشان ئاپتونوم ۋىلايىتى”
  • Ukrainian: “Гірський Бадахшан”
  • Ukrainian: “Горно-Бадахшанська автономна область”
  • Urdu: “گورنو بدخشاں خود مختار صوبہ”
  • Uzbek: “Kuhi Badakhshan”
  • Uzbek: “Togʻli-Badaxshon muxtor viloyati”
  • Vietnamese: “Gorno-Badakhshan”
  • Western Armenian: “Լեռնային Պատախշանի ինքնավար մարզ”
  • Western Panjabi: “کوہستان بدخشان خودمختار صوبہ”

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